(Editor). Mehararei Nemeirim.

AUCTION 39 | Thursday, April 03rd, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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ABRAHAM BEN SOLOMON AKRA

(Editor). Mehararei Nemeirim.

FIRST EDITION. Title within ornamental border. ff. 18, 6, 17-56. Lacking final ff. 6 of indices (as many copies), excission to title, some staining, very slight marginal worming. Later boards, worn. 8vo Vinograd, Venice 877; Adams M-1039

Venice: Daniel Zanetti 1599

Est: $800 - $1,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

A collection of invaluable “Kelalei ha-Gemara” or principles of Talmudic methodology. These essays were penned by R. Emanuel Sephardi and by the distinguished Egyptian halachist R. David ibn Zimra. Specialized studies on the hermeneutic principle of “kal ve-chomer” (a fortiori) were drawn from the writings of R. Samuel Al-Valensi and R. ibn Musa. In his introduction the printer bemoans his inability to provide page numbers of the Talmudic citations, due to the scarcity of copies of the Talmud in Italy following its confiscation and destruction by flame.