Beith Yehudah [compilation of Aggadoth]
AUCTION 53 |
Thursday, December 08th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 186
MODENA, JUDAH ARYEH (LEONE) DA
Beith Yehudah [compilation of Aggadoth]
Venice: Vendramin 1635
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $400
Modena’s collection of supplementary Aggadoth were incorporated into later editions of the Ein Ya’akov. His comments are prefaced by "Amar HaBoneh."
Modena was a most enigmatic figure: rabbi, scholar and by his own admission, a gambler. His literary virtuosity continues to stimulate research and "serves as a prism of his society and culture." See D. Malkiel (Ed.) The Lion Shall Roar: Leon Modena and His World (2003)