Avodath Yisrael [Commentary to Seder Avodah, the Temple Service recited on Yom Kippur]

AUCTION 23 | Tuesday, March 30th, 2004 at 1:00

Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts from The Rare Book Room of the Jews College Library, London The Third Portion

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Lot 145

Kimchi, Israel

Avodath Yisrael [Commentary to Seder Avodah, the Temple Service recited on Yom Kippur]

FIRST EDITION. Title within typographic border. Scholarly marginalium in Sephardic hand on ff. 108r and 118r ff. (4), 216, (4). Title repair. Severely wormed. Modern marbled boards. 4to Vinograd, Izmir 49

Izmir: Jonah Aschkenazi and David Hazan 1737

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $250

R. Israel Kimchi was an emissary from Safed to Italy. His commentary to the Seder Avodah, the service performed in the Holy Temple on Yom Kippur, is one of the most comprehensive and scholarly treatments ever