Tzeror Hamor [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]

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

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

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Lot 193

SABA, ABRAHAM.

Tzeror Hamor [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]

Third edition. Title bearing printer’s device (Yaari, Printer’s Marks no. 34) within architectural arch. ff. 165. Previous owners marks, dampstained in places, f. 112 inserted from a shorter copy. Recent boards. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 551; not in Adams.

Venice: Giorgio di Cavalli 1567

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $500

The author Abraham ben Jacob Saba (d. c.1508) was originally forced to bury his manuscripts in Portugal due to a decree by King Emanuel outlawing possession of Hebrew writings. He escaped to Fez, Morocco and reworked this book from memory. This edition was the first listed on an Hebrew Index Expurgatorius prepared by the Ecclesiastical authorities. It was ordered to be committed to flames. See Pierpont Morgan Library Catalogue, Hebraica from the Valmadonna Trust (1989) no. 30.