Mikra’ei Kodesh [Kabbalistic exposition to the Festivals and precepts].

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

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

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Lot 261

SAMEGAH, YOSEPH.

Mikra’ei Kodesh [Kabbalistic exposition to the Festivals and precepts].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Two parts in one. ff. 6, 116. Stained, wormed at end, previous owners’ marks. Modern morocco. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 693.

Venice: Asher Parenzo for di Gara 1586

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $600

Compelled to leave his native Salonika due to persecution by his community, Yoseph Samegah (d. 1629) moved to Venice, where he served as rabbi. He later founded a yeshivah in Padua, where among his pupils were R. Chaim Benveniste and Yoseph Shlomo Delmegido.