Kli Chemdah [homilies on the Torah portions]

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author

LANIADO, SAMUEL BEN ABRAHAM

Giovanni de Gara

Venice

1596

FIRST EDITION. title letters within decorative woodcut vignettes. Printer’s device on title

Vinograd, Vence 821; Habermann, di Gara 161; not in Adams

Known as the "Baal Hakelim" (all of his works begin with the word "kli"), the author was one of the most prolific scholars of Aleppo

ff. 270. Lacking ff.7 of indices. Few light stains in places. Later blind-ruled chestnut morocco boards, gently rubbed at corners, rebacked. Folio