Tzeror HaMor [“Bundle of Myrrh”: Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]

AUCTION 48 | Thursday, May 27th, 2010 at 1:00

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Lot 205

SABA, ABRAHAM

Tzeror HaMor [“Bundle of Myrrh”: Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]

Title within architectural arch surmounted by vignette depicting the Sacrifice of Isaac. Signature of former owner Yaakov of Bonn on f. 60a. ff. 165, (1). Few leaves repaired, some staining and foxing, upper margin of final leaves wormed not affecting text. Modern vellum. Folio Vinograd, Cracow 184; Mehlman 675

Cracow: Isaac Prostitz 1595

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

The author (b. Spain, c. 1440-1508), a disciple of Isaac de Leon, was exiled from his native Castile. No sooner did he find refuge in Oporto, Portugal, King Emanuel ordered all Jews converted and all Hebrew books burned. Saba’s sons were forcibly baptized and his extensive library plundered. He escaped to Fez, Morocco, where he attempted to recommit from memory his original works that he was forced to abandon.