Igroth HaRaMa”Z [epistolography - collected letters].
Auction 96 |
Wednesday, February 09th,
2022 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
Lot 381
ZACUTO, MOSHE.
Igroth HaRaMa”Z [epistolography - collected letters].
Livorno: Castilo & Sa’adon 1780
Est: $120 - $180
PRICE REALIZED $90
Accompanied by Eleph Ha’Alephin, a poem comprising of 1,000 words all beginning with the letter Aleph.
Born in Amsterdam in 1625, Kabbalist R. Moses Zacuto, also known as the “ReMeZ,” was a student of R. Saul Levi Morteira and fellow student of Baruch Spinoza. He studied kabbala with Benjamin HaLevi, a student of R. Chaim Vital. He later traveled to Posen to further his Talmud learning. Although intending to make a pilgrimage to Palestine, instead Zacuto accepted a rabbinical post in Venice, and in 1673, was appointed rabbi of Mantua where he remained until his death in 1697.