Peirush al HaTorah al Derach Ha’emeth - Sepher Recanati [commentary to the Pentateuch]

AUCTION 70 | Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autographed Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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RECANATI, MENACHEM.

Peirush al HaTorah al Derach Ha’emeth - Sepher Recanati [commentary to the Pentateuch]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Initial words of Leviticus and Numbers within woodcut borders. Scattered marginalia. Purchase inscription on title-page (Aleppo, 1673). ff. 154 (of 156). Text entirely complete, only lacking two blank leaves (as per the Mehlman copy). Minimally stained, previous owner’s inscriptions on opening leaves, marginal paper repairs to opening few leaves affecting a few letters, signed by censor at end. Modern calf. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 85; Mehlman 1113.

Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1523

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

Recanati’s commentary to the Pentateuch is the very first of its kind, permeated as it is with the conceptions of the early Kabbalists. It is the first to refer to the Zohar and the Bahir, from which a large number of citations together, along with their interpretations, are provided. <<Accompanied by>> Another copy: Sepher Recanati. Venice, Daniel Bomberg, 1523. Wormed and stained.