Sepher Hatzad Tzvi <<FIRST EDITION. >>

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00

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HAYUN, NECHEMIAH HIYA.

Sepher Hatzad Tzvi <<FIRST EDITION. >>

ff. (9). Ex-library, foxed. Contemporary vellum, worn, repaired. Sm. 8vo. Vinograd, Amsterdam 1031; Mehlman 1705.

Amsterdam: 1714

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

Hayun’s celebrated counter-attack against the Chacham Tzvi in relation to the bitter polemic arising from Hayun’s earlier publication Oz Le’Elo-him (1713) and the Sabbathian views said to found therein. See Carmilly-Weinberger, pp. 70-2; G. Scholem Sabbatai Tzvi (1973) pp. 901-2.