Ner Mitzvah [sermons based on Maimonides’s Thirteen Principles of Faith].

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

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Lot 179

SAMUEL BEN JOSEPH HAKOHEN

Ner Mitzvah [sermons based on Maimonides’s Thirteen Principles of Faith].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Title set within architectural arch. With poems by Judah Aryeh de Modena and Samuel Archivolti praising the author and this work (p. 4b and 215b). <<The Solomon of Dubno copy>>, with his signature (and others including Juspe Cohen and Aharon Pintchov) on title-page; Adolph Lewisohn morocco book-label. ff. 212 (of 216), lacking ff. 185-8. Some worming and staining, few leaves repaired. Recent gilt-ruled calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 854.

Venice: Giovanni de Gara 1598

Est: $300 - $500

Grammarian and Bible exegete Solomon Dubno (1738-1813), one-time collaborator with Mendelssohn in the Bi'ur project, amassed a library of more than 2,000 books and manuscripts. See EJ, Vol. VI, cols. 251-2.