Seder Keri’ah ve-Tikun le-Leilei Chag Shavu’oth ve-Hoshanah Raba [Readings for the All Night Vigils of Pentecost and Hoshana Raba]. Compiled by Moses Cordovero and ascribed to Isaac Luria
AUCTION 42 |
Thursday, December 18th,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 213
(LITURGY)
Seder Keri’ah ve-Tikun le-Leilei Chag Shavu’oth ve-Hoshanah Raba [Readings for the All Night Vigils of Pentecost and Hoshana Raba]. Compiled by Moses Cordovero and ascribed to Isaac Luria
Amsterdam: David de Castro Tartas 1669
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
PRICE REALIZED $2,200
A BLUE-PAPER COPY
At the request of wealthy bibliophiles, a handful of copies of this work were printed on colored paper. According to Fuks, the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, Amsterdam, have copies on blue paper. The Bodleian also has a copy on green paper.
The first Amsterdam edition of this popular anthology, which includes selected readings from Pentateuch, Prophets, Writings, Talmud, Midrash and Zohar. The readings were compiled by R. Moses Cordovero (RaMa"K), though they are sometimes ascribed to R. Isaac Luria (AR”I).