Einei HaKohen [Kosher laws].
Auction 96 |
Wednesday, February 09th,
2022 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
Lot 376
YITZHAKI, AVRAHAM HACOHEN.
Einei HaKohen [Kosher laws].
Livorno: Elijah Benamozegh 1865
Est: $120 - $180
PRICE REALIZED $90
The author, R. Abraham Cohen Yitzchaki (1789-1864) was a prominent Tunisian rabbi best known for his Mishmeroth HaKehunah, a commentary to nearly the entirety of Chazalic literature.
The printer, R. Elijah Benamozegh (1823-1900) was a quintessentially Italian rabbi who fuzed his commitment to traditional Judaism with a humanist outlook. For more on the significance of Yitzchaki’s work printed at his press, see C. Boulouque, An Interior Occident and the Case for an Oriental Modernity: The Livornese Printing Press and the Mediterranean Publishing Networks of Elia Benamozegh, in: Jewish Social Studies 23:2 (2018) pp. 86-136.