Ma’ayanei Hayeshuah [commentary on the eschatological chapters of the Book of Daniel]

AUCTION 20 | Monday, June 02nd, 2003 at 5:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books from the Library of the Late Salman Schocken (1877-1959)

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ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC

Ma’ayanei Hayeshuah [commentary on the eschatological chapters of the Book of Daniel]

FIRST EDITION. Title within historiated woodcut architectural border. Contains biography of the Author ff. 141,(1). Lightly dampstained in places, paper marginal repairs to title and first and last few leaves, otherwise a good copy. Recent boards. 4to Vinograd, Ferrara 5; Mehlman 625; not in Adams

Ferrara: Samuel Gallus (Zarfati) 1551

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $8,000

Isaac Abrabanel struggled to comprehend the catastrophic suffering that exilic Spanish Jewry had endured. He devoted many of his works on focusing upon an expected Redemption in the context of his time. For a detailed biography of Abrabanel’s experiences and philosophy in relation to the Spanish Expulsion, see B. Netanyahu, Don Isaac Abravanel, Statesman & Philosopher (1968)