Minchah Bilulah [homilies to the Pentateuch]
AUCTION 6 |
Tuesday, November 17th,
1998 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners
Lot 226
RAPA, ABRAHAM MENACHEM BEN JACOB HAKOHEN OF PORTO.
Minchah Bilulah [homilies to the Pentateuch]
Verona: Francesco delle Donne 1594
Est: $700 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,250
Whilst a young man, the author was apprenticed as a proof-reader at the House of Bragadin in Venice. There he witnessed the violent Burning of the Talmud pursuant to the Papal Bull of 1553. On f.203r of the present work, Rapaport records the tragic event and notes his decision to commemorate the anniversary of the Auto-da-Fe as a personal fast-day for the rest of his life. See A. Yaari, Sereiphath Hatalmud B’Italia in: Mechkarei Sepher (1958) pp. 198-233
Final blank page with manuscript notation by Abraham Eger, attesting the book to have belonged to his father, Akiva Eger of Posen