Zecher Rav [poetic rendering of the marvels of creation]. With Shoshan Emek translation and commentary by Yerachmiel Falk ben Nathan Cohen.

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

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Lot 248
MUSSAPHIA, BINYAMIN.

Zecher Rav [poetic rendering of the marvels of creation]. With Shoshan Emek translation and commentary by Yerachmiel Falk ben Nathan Cohen.

Text in Hebrew and Yiddish. pp. (8), 86, (2). Browned. Modern boards, 8vo. Vinograd, Brunn 43.

Brunn: Joseph Karl Nuemann 1790

Est: $300 - $500
R. Benjamin Mussaphia (’Dionysius,’ 1608-75) was an Italian physician and Kabbalist who later lived in Denmark. The present work is an intricate poem that allegedly uses every Hebrew root (Shoresh) exactly once.