Mikra’ei Kodesh [Kabbalistic exposition to the Festivals and precepts]

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

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

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SAMEGAH, JOSEPH.

Mikra’ei Kodesh [Kabbalistic exposition to the Festivals and precepts]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Two parts in one. ff. 6, 116. Ex-library, some stains, title remargined, paper repair to final two leaves affecting some words. Later calf-backed patterned boards, rubbed. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 693; Habermann, di Gara 82; Adams S-225.

Venice: Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara 1586

Est: $500 - $700

Compelled to leave his native Salonika due to persecution by his community, Joseph Samegah (d. 1629) went to Venice, where he served as Rabbi. He later founded a yeshiva in Padua, where among his pupils were R. Chaim Benveniste and Joseph Solomon Delmedigo.