(Ed.) Mehararei Nemeirim.

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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AKRA, ABRAHAM.

(Ed.) Mehararei Nemeirim.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> This copy with the rare additional 6 leaf supplement (bound here between f. 4 and f. 5). ff. 56 (i.e. 58), 6. Mispaginated but complete. Some dampstaining. Modern calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 877; St. Cat. Bodl. 4178:2; Roest, Yode’a Sepher 992.

Venice: Daniel Zanetti 1599

Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $800
A collection of invaluable “Kelalei HaGemara,” or principles of Talmudic methodology. These essays were penned by R. Emanuel Sephardi and by the distinguished Egyptian halachist R. David ibn Zimra. Specialized studies on the hermeneutic principle of “Kal Vechomer” (a fortiori) were drawn from the writings of R. Samuel Al-Valensi and R. ibn Musa. In his introduction, the printer bemoans his inability to provide page numbers for Talmudic citations, due to the scarcity of copies of the Talmud in Italy following its confiscation and destruction by the Church.