Livyath Chen [sermons and eulogies]

AUCTION 11 | Tuesday, November 28th, 2000 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 58

IMMANUEL BEN JEKUTIEL OF BENEVENTO

Livyath Chen [sermons and eulogies]

FIRST EDITION. Title within woodcut architectural arch ff. (8),108. ff. (7-8) bound at end. Lightly stained in places. Contemporary mottled calf, extremities rubbed. 4to. Vinograd, Mantua 39; Mehlman 1239; Adams I-52

Mantua: Jacob ben Naphtali Hakohen 1557

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $500

The author, a highly regarded Italian Kabbalist, helped facilitate the first printing of the Zohar in Mantua in 1558. A mystical element clearly influences the Livyath Chen, indeed passages from the Zohar are found therein. See I. Tishbi, Kovetz Perakim, Vol. I, pp.148-143