Tzeror Hama’or [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $200

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author

SABA, ABRAHAM

printer

Giorgio di Cavalli

Place

Venice

Publication

1567

Description

Third edition. Title bearing printer’s device (Yaari, Printer’s Marks no. 34) within architectural arch.

references

Vinograd, Venice 551; not in Adams

summary

The author Abraham ben Jacob Saba (d. c. 1508) was originally forced to bury his manuscripts in Portugal due to a decree by King Emanuel outlawing possession of Hebrew writings. He escaped to Fez, Morocco and reworked this book from memory. This edition was the first listed on an Hebrew Index Expurgatorius prepared by the Ecclesiastical authorities. It was ordered to be committed to flames. See Pierpont Morgan Library Catalogue, Hebraica from the Valmadonna Trust (1989) no. 30.

ff. 165. Dampstained in places, f. 112 loose. Recent morocco-backed boards. Folio.

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