Minchath Cohen [Halakhic compendium]

Estimate: $700–$900
Hammer price: Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

PIMENTEL, ABRAHAM COHEN

printer

David de Castro Tartas

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1668

Description

First edition. Title within architectural arch. Opening titles within typographical border. Previous owners' inscriptions and stamp on front- and rear- paste-downs, title and front- free endpaper. Marginalia

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 360; Fuks, Amsterdam 449.

summary

An early adherant of Shabbetai Tzvi, Tartas printed the majority of the messianic prayer-books. This was his first published work following a year of inactivity and depression, in the wake of Amsterdam’s turmoil when expectations for the Sabbathian Redemption were dashed

ff.150. Browned, foxed in places. Contemporary vellum, worn. 8vo

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