Mateh Dan-Cuzari

AUCTION 17 | Tuesday, November 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic and Ceremonial Art From Various Owners

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Lot 460

(NIETO, DAVID)

Mateh Dan-Cuzari

Manuscript on paper in cursive Italian Hebrew hand. With copies of a portion from the Chemdath Hayamim on the first three leaves and a chapter of the Pardes Rimonim on the Tetragrammaton ff. 101. Lacking at leat one leaf at end. Later blind-ruled mottled-calf, spine in compartments. Folio

Italy: Early 19th Century

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $150

David Nieto (1654-1728) was the Haham of the Spanish-Portugese Synagogue in London. The Mateh Dan is a defense of Rabbinic Judaism against free-thinking former Marranos. He considered it as a second Kuzari in the tradition of Rabbi Yehuda Halevi