Olath Tamid [sermons on the Pentateuch].

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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Lot 6
ALBELDA, MOSEs.

Olath Tamid [sermons on the Pentateuch].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Title within elaborate arch adorned with human busts, male and female. Several owners' signatures, inscriptions, seal and stamp on title and flyleaves; including stamp of R. Yehuda Rosner of Sekelhid and signature of Abraham Chaim, the son of R. Shimon Kromina (Oppenheim). ff. 231(lacking four-leaf index). Title worn, f. 2 with loss to lower corner with few words supplied in manuscript, previous owners marks, few crude taped repairs, stained in places. Later boards, worn. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 933.

Venice: Daniel Zanetti 1601

Est: $400 - $600
Of Spanish origin, Moses Albelda (1500-c. 1583) was likely born in Salonika and later served as rabbi of Arta, Greece, and thereafter, Valona, Albania. His commentary and Biblical expositions are of a speculative, philosophical nature. See EJ, Vol. II, col. 529.