Sepher Teshuvoth [responsa].

Auction 94 | Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 11:00am

Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

Back to Catalogue Download Catalogue

<Previous Lot

/501

Next Lot>

Lot 153

FANO, MENACHEM AZARIAH DA.

Sepher Teshuvoth [responsa].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> With the rare final three leaves containing corrections and index. ff. 143. Ex-library, previous owner’s marks. Recent boards. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 913.

Venice: Daniel Zanetti 1600

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $650

Menachem Azariah of Fano was a well-regarded Kabbalist and Talmudist. Originally a follower of the Cordoverian School, his encounters with the mystic R. Yisrael Sarug convinced him to delve into the world of Lurianic Kabbalah. See Robert Bonfil, “Halakhah, Kabbalah and Society: Some Insights into Rabbi Menahem Azariah da Fano’s Inner World” in: Twersky & Septimus (eds.) Jewish Thought in the Seventeenth Century (1987).