Tzeror Hamor [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]

Auction 85 | Thursday, November 07th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 176

SABA, ABRAHAM

Tzeror Hamor [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]

Third edition. Title bearing printer’s device within architectural arch. Section titles set in decorative woodcut borders. Scattered marginalia. ff. 165. Upper corner of title page removed with small loss to border, signature on top of f. 2r, margins of ff. 91-3 neatly repaired, dampstained in places. Modern calf. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 551.

Venice: Giorgio di Cavalli 1567

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $400

The author Abraham ben Jacob Saba (d. c.1508) was originally forced to bury his manuscripts in Portugal due to a decree by King Emanuel outlawing possession of Hebrew writings. He escaped to Fez, Morocco and reworked this book from memory. This edition was the first listed on an Hebrew Index Expurgatorius prepared by the Ecclesiastical authorities. It was ordered to be committed to flames. See Pierpont Morgan Library Catalogue, Hebraica from the Valmadonna Trust (1989) no. 30.