Chok Ya’akov [on the laws of Passover]

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $450

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author

RISCHER, JACOB

printer

Israel ben Abraham

Place

Jessnitz

Publication

1724

Description

Second edition. Title within historiated woodcut border, wrought with animals, birds and foliage.

references

Vinograd, Jessnitz 28

summary

Title with signature of R. Shalom Sharabi, the great saint, miracle worker and Kabbalist from Yemen, famed as the legendary reincarnation of Isaac Luria (the AR”I Zal)

ff. (4),72. Lightly browned, stained in places, scattered marginal worming on last leaf, crude paper repair on title page, slightly affecting woodcut. Later half-mottled calf, gently rubbed. 4to

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