Zevach Pesach, With commentary by Don Isaac Abrabanel and notes of the printer, Jacob Marcaria. With laws and customs of both Sephardim and Aschkenazim.
Auction 94 |
Thursday, June 17th,
2021 at 11:00am
Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx
Lot 176
(HAGADAH).
Zevach Pesach, With commentary by Don Isaac Abrabanel and notes of the printer, Jacob Marcaria. With laws and customs of both Sephardim and Aschkenazim.
Riva di Trento: Jacob Marcaria 1561
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
The only Hagadah to be issued in this small northern Italian town situated alongside Lake Garda.
Jacob Marcaria was a physician-scholar who published books covering all branches of Jewish scholarship. He often added lucid and erudite prefaces of his own to the Hebrew books he printed. This Hagadah contains not only a short preface by Marcaria, but also seven pages of his own commentary to the Seder. According to Yudlov, Marcaria’s additional commentary has never been republished.