Mikra’ei Kodesh [Kabbalistic exposition to the Festivals and precepts]

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

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

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Lot 177

SAMEGAH, JOSEPH.

Mikra’ei Kodesh [Kabbalistic exposition to the Festivals and precepts]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Two parts in one. On title, signature of former owner Abraham Luria. Wide margins. ff.6, 116. Light stains, trace marginal wear, previous owners’ marks. Modern morocco. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 693.

Venice: Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara 1586

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $500

Compelled to leave his native Salonika due to persecution by his community, Joseph Samegah (d. 1629) moved to Venice, where he served as rabbi. He later founded a yeshivah in Padua, where among his pupils were R. Chaim Benveniste and Joseph Solomon Delmegido.