Shulchan shel Arba (Table of Four [Legs]). Laws and customs

AUCTION 22 | Tuesday, January 27th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art Including Holy Land Maps, Illustrated Books, Photography and Graphic Art from The Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg of Greenwich, Conn

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Lot 25

BACHAYE BEN ASHER.

Shulchan shel Arba (Table of Four [Legs]). Laws and customs

first edition. Printed without a title-page. ff. 14. Few light stains. Modern boards. Sm.4to Vinograd, Mantua 15; Mehlman 961; St. Cat. Bodl. col. 779, no. 16; (Mehlman and Vinograd call for ff.16; Steinschneider has ff.14 as in our copy.)

Mantua: Samuel Latif 1514

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,000

Rabbenu Bachaye as he is referred too was a kabbalist of the school of R. Solomon ben Adret of Barcelona. He is most famous for his comprehensive commentary to the Torah, but also for his topical Kad ha-Kemah and Shulhan shel Arba. Extensive research into his thought was undertaken by Ephraim Gottlieb. See his The Kabbalah in the Writings of R. Bahya ben Asher (Jerusalem, 1970)