Torah Ohr [the dogma of the Afterlife].

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

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

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JOSEPH IBN YACHYA.

Torah Ohr [the dogma of the Afterlife].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Opening word within ornamental woodcut border. On verso of title, pictographic introductory poem in the form of a Menorah. <<Wide-margined copy.>> ff. 36. Recent patterned boards. Sm.4to. Vinograd, Bologna 13.

Bologna: The Company of Silk-Weavers 1538

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,200

Divided into 78 chapters, Torah Ohr focuses upon Jewish eschatology relying upon the Aggadic portions of the Talmud. A disciple of R. Judah Mintz in Padua, R. Yoseph ben David ibn Yachya (1494-1534) was born in Florence. The introduction to the present work provides biographical information concerning the flight of the well-to-do Don Yachya family from Lisbon, Portugal via Castille, to Tuscany.