[Kabbalistic homilies through the year]. Anonymous (Attributed to Nathan of Gaza)

AUCTION 42 | Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 104

CHEMDATH YAMIM

[Kabbalistic homilies through the year]. Anonymous (Attributed to Nathan of Gaza)

Four volumes. Titles in red and black within typographic and textual borders. Wide margins ff.109; 128,(1); 96 (i.e. 97); 103. Ex-library, some staining. 4to Vinograd, Venice 1963

Venice: np 1763

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $400

Though suspected of Sabbatian leanings, the Chemdath HaYamim became a favorite within the Sephardic literary world and no warnings of the anti-Sabbatian R. Jacob Emden could wean Sephardic Jewry away from this literary masterpiece. Chemdath Yamim first appeared in Izmir in 1732 and then Constantinople in 1735. The present third edition is the most sumptuous. See I. Zinberg, A History of Jewish Literature, Vol.V (1974), pp. 151-160