Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical homilies to the Pentateuch]

AUCTION 31 | Tuesday, December 13th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew and Other Printed Books

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Lot 53

ARAMA, ISAAC

Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical homilies to the Pentateuch]

Second edition. Title within woodcut architectural arch. Opening word of each book within an elaborate border. A fine wide-margined copy ff. 309.Title taped, few light stains, otherwise a fine copy. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, rebacked, lacking hinges. Folio Vinograd, Venice 326; Habermann, Bomberg 195

Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1547

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

Affectionately known as the “Ba’al Akeidah,” Arama has been consistently quoted and utilized, especially by Polish and Galician preachers, until the present day. Arama’s great popularity stems from his stylistic combination of the Aschkenazic didactic and moralizing style, with the philosophic tendency popular among Spanish and Provencal Jews