Kli Paz [commentary to the Book of Isaiah, with text]

AUCTION 54 | Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 at 1:00

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

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Lot 183

LANIADO, SAMUEL.

Kli Paz [commentary to the Book of Isaiah, with text]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> ff. (2), 256. Stained, signatures on title, upper corner of penultimate leaf repaired with some loss. Recent boards. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 1330.

Venice: Antonio Calioni 1657

Est: $500 - $700

R. Samuel Laniado (d. 1605), a celebrated sage of Aleppo, Syria, was known as the Baal HaKelim, after his rabbinic compositions all of whose titles commence with the word “Kli” (Kli Chemdah, Kli Yakar and Kli Paz). See D. Sutton, Aleppo: City of Scholars (2005) p. 2.