Koheleth Ya’akov [Kabbalistic homilies to the Book of Ecclesiastes, with text]
AUCTION 5 |
Tuesday, June 23rd,
1998 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 100
GALANTE, MOSES.
Koheleth Ya’akov [Kabbalistic homilies to the Book of Ecclesiastes, with text]
Safed: Eliezer Aschkenazi 1578
Est: $10,000 - $12,000
PRICE REALIZED $17,000
The second of only six Hebrew books printed in Safed before printing ceased, not to be resumed for some 250 years. All six of these volumes were printed by Aschkenazi over a course of ten years. See A.J. Karp. From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress (1991) p.17-8.
The Italian born author migrated to the Holy Land to become a disciple of Joseph Karo and Joseph Cordovero. In 1580 he was appointed President of the Beth Din of Safed