Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical homilies to the Pentateuch and Five Megilloth].

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00

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

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Lot 25

ARAMA, ISAAC.

Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical homilies to the Pentateuch and Five Megilloth].

<<First Edition>> with commentary to the Five Scrolls. Title within woodcut architectural arch. First words of Genesis and Exodus in white within arabesques. The Elkan Nathan Adler copy, with his book-plate. Also with 19th-century signature of R. Mordechai Eliezer Yaakov Tanuri. ff. 308 (i.e. 302), 12. Stained, small hole on title-page. Later vellum, recased. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 587; Habermann, di Gara 25; not in Adams.

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1573

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $800

The commentary to the Book of Esther is actually the work of R. Isaac Arama’s son, R. Meir Arama.