Tzeror Hama’or [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]

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 120

SABA, ABRAHAM

Tzeror Hama’or [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]

Third edition. Title bearing printer’s device (Yaari, Printer’s Marks no. 34) within architectural arch ff. 165. Dampstained in places. Later vellum, worn. Folio Vinograd, Venice 551; not in Adams

Venice: Giorgio di Cavalli 1567

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $450

This edition was the first listed on an Hebrew Index Expurgatorius prepared by Ecclesiastical authorities. It was ordered to be committed to flames. See Pierpont Morgan Library Catalogue, Hebraica from the Valmadonna Trust (1989) no. 30