Naphtulei Elo-him Niphtalti [Kabbalistic super-commentary to Bachaya b. Asher’s commentary to the Pentateuch]

AUCTION 43 | Thursday, April 02nd, 2009 at 1:00

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Naphtulei Elo-him Niphtalti [Kabbalistic super-commentary to Bachaya b. Asher’s commentary to the Pentateuch]

Second edition. Printer’s mark of Abraham Usque (aka Duarte Pinel): armillary sphere, anchor, and verse from Psalms on final leaf ff. 39, (1), (lacking the 14 leaf addendum "Simanim", index to the commentary). Some staining, corners of leaves expertly repaired affecting a few words. Modern morocco. 4to Vinograd, Ferrara 43; Mehlman 653

Ferrara: Abraham ibn Usque 1555

Est: $1,500 - $2,500

RARE. For an excellent study on the Kabbalistic sources of R. Bachaya, see E. Gottlieb, Mekorotav shel R. Bachaya...Be’kitvei R. Yoseph Gikatilla in: Bar Ilan University Annual Vol. I (1969), pp. 306-26; and Yitzchak Sagi Nahor, Mekorot R. Bachaya Be’kitvei Ha’mekubalim in: Bar Ilan University Annual, Samuel Bialoblocki Memorial Volume (1964) pp.215-50