Toldoth Yaakov [sermons]

AUCTION 58 | Thursday, May 02nd, 2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters

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Lot 104
D’ALBA, JACOB.

Toldoth Yaakov [sermons]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Title within architectural arch. ff. 114, (2). Some staining, small portion of title provided in facsimile. Modern marbled boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 1060; Habermann, di Gara 272.

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1609

Est: $600 - $800
The author originally hailed from Constantinople but later emigrated to Florence after losing his “health, wealth and children.” In Florence, he was appointed director of the city’s Talmud Torah and, in order to thank his benefactors, “who made me into a new person,” he published these sermons which had been delivered weekly at the Yeshiva.