Klei Chemdah [homilies on the Torah portions].

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 210

LANIADO, SHMUEL.

Klei Chemdah [homilies on the Torah portions].

Second edition. Title within architectural arch. <<Impressive contemporary binding. >> ff. 268, (8). Ex-library, browned, title laid to size, following few leaves with marginal repairs. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum over heavy wooden boards, leather ties, rubbed, expertly repaired, new endpapers. Folio. Vinograd, Prague 191.

Prague: Gershom ben Bezalel Katz 1610

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $3,200

R. Shmuel Laniado (d. 1605) is known as the ‘Ba’al HaKeilim’ as each of his works commence with the word, ‘Kli.’ A rabbi in Aleppo (Aram-Tzova), Laniado wrote many commentaries to Biblical texts, some of which remain in manuscript to this day.