Beith Ya’akov [on the Biblical Joseph and his dreams, and gematria]

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Lot 183

HA’KOHEN, ABRAHAM OF LASK.

Beith Ya’akov [on the Biblical Joseph and his dreams, and gematria]

FIRST EDITION. Title within typographical border. Historiated head and tail-pieces. Signature of R. Samuel Heller of Safed in a number of places ff. (6), 50. Two introductory and two concluding leaves duplicated. Browned, gently damp-wrinkled, previous owners inscriptions on title and verso of final leaf. Recent boards. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Livorno 318

Livorno: Nunes-Weiss & Meldola 1792

Est: $400 - $600

The Author served as an emissary from Jerusalem to Germany. Noted for his saintliness, he allegedly fasted from Sabbath to Sabbath. In Beith Ya’akov (which he named in respect of his patron Jacob Treves of Nice), Abraham Ha’kohen discusses the interpretation of dreams and exotic interpretations relating to the crowns upon the letters of the Torah. See Y. Glis, Encyclopedia Le’toldoth Chachmei Eretz Yisrael, Part I, pp. 90-3