Pa’ane’ach Raza [commentary to the Pentateuch]
AUCTION 62 |
Thursday, June 26th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art
Lot 164
YITZCHAK BAR YEHUDAH HALEVI.
Pa’ane’ach Raza [commentary to the Pentateuch]
Prague: Yaakov Batavnutz and Yaakov Bak 1607
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
PRICE REALIZED $5,000
<<RARE FIRST EDITION. >> Even the great bibliophile the Chid”a, in his Shem Hagedolim, Ma’arecheth Sepharim, states he only saw the second (Amsterdam, 1698) edition of this work.
The text contains comments and interesting use of Gematrioth and Notrikin from the French Ba’alei Tosfoth, R. Ya’akov of Orleans, R. Yoseph Bechor Schor, R. Yehudah HaChasid and others. Azulai cites the Seder Hadoroth who states that the editor was R. Yitzchak Katz, son-in-law of the Mahara’l of Prague, who added some of his own comments in the parentheses. Azulai notes that both the word Pa’ane’ach and Raza are the numerical equivalent (208) of both the author’s and the editor’s name - Yitzchak.