Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical homilies to the Pentateuch and Five Megilloth]

AUCTION 8 | Tuesday, November 16th, 1999 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

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Lot 247
ARAMA, ISAAC

Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical homilies to the Pentateuch and Five Megilloth]

First Edition with commentary to the Five Megiloth. Title within woodcut architectural arch. First words of Genesis and Exodus in white within arabesques ff. 308 (i.e. 302), 12. Lightly stained in places, few leaves remargined, institutional stamps on title, signed by censor on verso of final leaf. Modern boards. Folio Vinograd, Venice 587; Habermann, di Gara 25; not in Adams

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1573

Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $450
The commentary to the Book of Esther is actually the work of Meir Arama, R. Isaac’s son