Olath Shabbath [sermons for the Sabbath]

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

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IBN SHUAIB, JOEL.

Olath Shabbath [sermons for the Sabbath]

First Edition. Title within woodcut architectural arch. Signature of former owner on title. A few rabbinic corrigenda in margins. On final page, inscriptions of Church censors. ff. (8), 160. Opening and closing leaf remargined, f.4 supplied from another copy, light waterstains. Recent boards. Folio Vinograd, Venice 625; Haberman, di Gara 44; Adams I-18

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1577

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $500

A native of Spain, Ibn Shuaib lived in Saragossa shortly before the expulsion in 1492. His rebukes of the Marranosresulted in bringing many of them back to their Jewish faith. Ibn Shuaib’s collected sermons reveal an extensive knowledge of rabbinics as well as a broader general culture. The present work also provides an interesting description of the organization of sacred societies for communal needs in Saragossa. See EJ, Vol. IX, col.1201.