Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical homilies to the Pentateuch]

AUCTION 53 | Thursday, December 08th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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ARAMA, ISAAC

Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical homilies to the Pentateuch]

Second edition. Title within woodcut architectural arch. Opening word of each part within an elaborate border. Inscription on f. 4b stating this volume was purchased in Yemen. ff. 309. Stained, upper left corner of title, margins of first few leaves and final four leaves inelegantly repaired and affecting some text, f.296 laid down. Modern elaborately tooled calf boards. Folio Vinograd, Venice 326; Habermann, Bomberg 195; not in Adams

Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1547

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $400

Affectionately known as the “Ba’al Akeida,” Isaac Arama's work has been consistently quoted and utilized, especially by Polish preachers until the present day. His great popularity stems from his stylistic combination of the Aschkenazic didactic and moralizing style with the philosophic tendency popular among Spanish and Provencal Jews. The title, “Binding of Isaac,” refers to the successful binding and connecting of the two forms of homiletics: “Derishah” and “Perishah.” See I. Rivkind, Kiryat Sepher, vol. II p. 60.