Korei HaDoroth [rabbinic history]. Edited by David Aschkenazi of Jerusalem
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
Lot 90
CONFORTE, DAVID
Korei HaDoroth [rabbinic history]. Edited by David Aschkenazi of Jerusalem
Venice: Bragadin 1746
Est: $200 - $300
PRICE REALIZED $300
David Conforte (c. 1618-c.1685), a native of Salonika, studied in his youth with Rabbis Daniel Estroza, Baruch Angel, and Asher Zevulun. In 1652 we find him in Egypt, where Korei HaDoroth was composed. In constructing biographies of the famed rabbis through the ages, the author displays wide erudition in the rabbinic literature. His chronicle is especially valuable for the literary history of the Jews in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. See JE, Vol. IV, pp. 226-27