Abudraham [commentary to prayers, including Passover Hagadah]

AUCTION 49 | Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Graphic Art

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ABUDRAHAM, DAVID.

Abudraham [commentary to prayers, including Passover Hagadah]

Letters of title historiated. Printer’s device on title (Yaari, Hebrew Printer’s Marks 16). Printed in double columns. Single marginalium on f.73v. Inscription by former owner on final page ff. 86. Title laid to size, text slightly affected, stained. Later calf-backed boards, spine rubbed. Sm. folio Vinograd, Venice 259; Habermann, Adelkind 41

Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani 1546

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $750

Unfortunately, few facts have survived concerning the biography of David Abudraham. His work, written in Seville in 1340, is considered by critical scholars an important repository of Spanish and Provencal traditions otherwise lost. Abudraham extensively utilized the prayer-book of Sa’adyah Gaon.There is some speculation that Abudarham was a disciple of R. Jacob ben Asher, author of the Turim, but this is inconclusive. See EJ, Vol. II, cols. 181-2