Livyath Chen [sermons and eulogies]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $500

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author

IMMANUEL BEN JEKUTIEL OF BENEVENTO

printer

Jacob ben Naphtali Hakohen

Place

Mantua

Publication

1557

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within woodcut architectural arch

references

Vinograd, Mantua 39; Mehlman 1239; Adams I-52

summary

The author, a highly regarded Italian Kabbalist, helped facilitate the first printing of the Zohar in Mantua in 1558. A mystical element clearly influences the Livyath Chen, indeed passages from the Zohar are found therein. See I. Tishbi, Kovetz Perakim, Vol. I, pp.148-143

ff. (8),108. ff. (7-8) bound at end. Lightly stained in places. Contemporary mottled calf, extremities rubbed. 4to.

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