Ner Mitzvah [commentary to Solomon ibn Gabirol’s Azkaroth for Shavu’oth, with text].
AUCTION 74 |
Thursday, November 09th,
2017 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 184
PESANTE, MOSES.
Ner Mitzvah [commentary to Solomon ibn Gabirol’s Azkaroth for Shavu’oth, with text].
Salonika:
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,600
The author was an emissary from Safed who traveled through the Balkans between 1565 and 1573, publishing his works in Constantinople and Salonika. In 1573 he was killed by Turkish brigands in Makrinovo near the Greek city of Arta. See Ya’ari, Shluchei Eretz Israel (1977) pp. 236, 889; EJ, Vol. XIII, col. 328.