Abraham ben Shabthai Hakohen. Kehunath Avraham
AUCTION 27 |
Tuesday, February 08th,
2005 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
Lot 190
(POETRY)
Abraham ben Shabthai Hakohen. Kehunath Avraham
Venice: Bragadin 1719
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $900
A poetical commentary and paraphrase of the Psalms, to which is appended “Benei Keturah,” rhymed verses to Perek Shirah. The author, a native of Zante, one of the Ionian isles of Greece, then part of the Venetian Republic, issued this work with a most uncommon engraved self-portrait. See A. Rubens, A Jewish Iconography (1981), no. 8. According to Cecil Roth, Cohen was probably responsible for the other engravings in the book as well.
See also, R. Abraham Hakohen of Zante and the circle of physician-poets in Padua, Ha-Sifrut, 26(5738/1978):115