(Ed.) Mehararei Neme’irim.

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 81
AKRA, ABRAHAM.

(Ed.) Mehararei Neme’irim.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Title within ornamental border. ff. 18, 6, 17-56. Lacking final ff. 6 of indices (as per most all copies). Ex-library, some staining, slight marginal repair to upper corner of one leaf touching few letters. Modern calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 877.

Venice: Daniel Zanetti 1599

Est: $600 - $900
A collection of invaluable “Kelalei HaGemara,” or principles of Talmudic methodology. These essays were penned by R. Emanuel Sephardi and by the distinguished Egyptian halachist R. David ibn Zimra. Specialized studies on the hermeneutic principle of “Kal Vechomer” (a fortiori) were drawn from the writings of R. Samuel Al-Valensi and R. ibn Musa. In his introduction, the printer bemoans his inability to provide page numbers for Talmudic citations, due to the scarcity of copies of the Talmud in Italy following its confiscation and destruction by the Church.