Vaez, Abraham. Discursos Predicables y Avisos Espirituales

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Vaez, Abraham. Discursos Predicables y Avisos Espirituales

First Edition. Spanish text. pp. 7, 128. Title page, first page, and final page damaged and lacking some text. Mispagination (p. 122=p.125). Contemporary binding. Kayserling, pp. 107-108

(Amsterdam): Jacob Vaez (author’s brother) 1710

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

Sermons.The author Abraham Vaez was hakham of the Spanish-Portuguese congregation Nephusot Yehudah of Bayonne, France. Typical of Spanish-Portuguese sermons of the period, in his discourses the hakham weaves Biblical texts with copious citations from Greek and Latin literature. Dedication to Rabbi Isaac Aboab of Amsterdam, who provided a prologue to the book.