Kad HaKemach.

AUCTION 46 | Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 1:00

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

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Lot 49

BACHIAH BEN ASHER.

Kad HaKemach.

Second edition. ff. 83. Previous owners’ marks, ff. 41-48 inserted from another (shorter) copy, ff. 79-80 repaired with small loss, some worming tape-repaired. Modern boards. Folio Vinograd, Venice 268; Habermann, Adelkind 47; not in Adams

Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani 1546

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $450

A philosophical work, Kad HaKemach is replete with homiletic interpretations of Biblical verses and Aggadic passages as well as the Kabbalistic teachings to which R. Bachiah was inclined. See M. Waxman, Vol. II pp. 275-6.