Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical homilies to the Pentateuch]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $700

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author

ARAMA, ISAAC.

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1547

Description

Second edition. Title within woodcut architectural arch. Openning word of each part within an elaborate border

references

Vinograd, Venice 326; Habermann, Bomberg 195; not in Adams

summary

Representative of an anti-Aristotelian trend, directed chiefly against Maimonides and his followers, Arama’s philosophical influence is reflected primarily in the writings of Isaac Abarbanel

ff. 309. Lightly browned, opening three leaves remargined, signed by censor at end. Later blind- tooled mottled calf, rebacked. Folio

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