Reshith Da’ath [“Beginning of Knowledge”: philosophic sermons]

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 5
ALBELDA, MOSES.

Reshith Da’ath [“Beginning of Knowledge”: philosophic sermons]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> On title and f. 230v printer’s device of triple crowns (Yaari, Hebrew Printers’ Marks 18). ff. 10, 9-243. Title with previous owners’ marks and with outer margin repaired, closely shaved in places. Later boards, worn. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 666.

Venice: Asher Parenzo (Bragadin?) 1583

Est: $600 - $900
R. Moses ben Jacob Albelda (1500-before 1583) served first as Rabbi in Arta, Greece, and later in Valona, Albania. He was a gifted preacher and prolific author. Reshith Da’ath, the first of several sermonic works by Albelda, addresses the topics of Divine Providence and Repentance. See JE, Vol. I, pp. 322-323; EJ, Vol. II, col. 529