Me’ametz Ko’ach [sermons and eulogies]

AUCTION 34 | Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 at 1:00

Exemplary Hebrew Books: The Library of Joseph Gradenwitz, Esq.

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ALMOSNINO, MOSES

Me’ametz Ko’ach [sermons and eulogies]

Second edition. Printer’s device on title, f. 225b and final leaf ff. 236. Censor's signature on final leaf. Previous owner’s signature on title, small marginal wormhole on first few leaves, some staining. Later boards, worn. 4to Vinograd, Venice 726; Habermann, di Gara 102; not in Adams

Venice: Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara 1588

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $650

Me’ametz Ko’ach contains twenty-eight (thus ko'ach, the numerical Hebrew equivelant of 28) sermons by this celebrated preacher of the Neveh Shalom Congregation and an important communal leader of the Salonika Jewish community. Almosnino draws upon a broad repertoire of medieval interpreters: Maimonides, Nachmanides, R. David Kimchi, Ibn Shuaib, et al. See EJ, Vol. II, cols. 669-671