Arbol de Vidas, en el qual se contienen los Dinim mas necessarios que deve observar todo Yisrael [“Tree of Life, in which are Contained the Most Necessary Laws that every Jew must Observe.”]

AUCTION 68 | Thursday, April 07th, 2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 318
VAEZ, ABRAHAM.

Arbol de Vidas, en el qual se contienen los Dinim mas necessarios que deve observar todo Yisrael [“Tree of Life, in which are Contained the Most Necessary Laws that every Jew must Observe.”]

<<FIRST EDITION>> . Homage to the author by Abraham Rodriguez Faro (p. 204). From the library of Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool. pp.1-88, 83-183, (1 blank), 185-204 (i.e., 214), (4). Mispaginated as issued but complete. Some staining, few leaves frayed. Contemporary limp vellum, heavily worn. 8vo. Kayserling, pp. 107-108.

(Amsterdam): n.p. 1692

Est: $1,000 - $1,500
The author was Haham of the Spanish-Portuguese Congregation Nephusot Yehudah of Bayonne, France. This compact presentation of Jewish laws in the Spanish language would have been welcomed by a community intent on seeking to reacquaint itself to practicing traditional Judaism, but not having the tools to study the traditional Hebrew texts.