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

AUCTION 55 | Thursday, June 21st, 2012 at 1:00

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

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Lot 210

SAMEGAH, JOSEPH.

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

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Two parts in one. On title, signature of former owner Abraham Luria. Wide margins. ff. 6, 116. Light stains, trace marginal wear, previous owners’ marks. Modern morocco. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 693; Habermann, di Gara 82.

Venice: Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara 1586

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $500

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 yeshivah in Padua, where among his pupils were R. Chaim Benveniste and Joseph Solomon Delmegido.