Auction 16 · Lot 61
Hebrew, PENTATEUCH & HAPHTAROTH). Orchoth Chaim. With commentary of Rashi and Or Ha’chaim
- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(BIBLE,
printer
Meir di Zara-Vendermin
Place
Venice
Publication
1742
Description
FIRST EDITION OF R. CHAIM IBN ATTAR’S COMMENTARY. Six parts in three volumes. Two title pages. Titles within woodcut architectural borders flanked by Moses and Aaron with Biblical roundelle vignette depicting David’s victory over Goliath
references
Vinograd, Venice 1814; Mehlman 624 (incomplete)
summary
Moroccan born, ibn Attar, renowned as a saintly Kabbalist, migrated to Eretz Israel, temporarily settling in Acre due to an epidemic raging elsewhere in the country. Upon arriving in Jerusalem he established the Midrash Keneset Israel Yeshivah in order to attract students from the Disapora and thus, he anticipated, hasten the Redemption.
The Or Ha-Chaim Bible commentary was circulated extensively in Germany and Poland where it achieved great popularity especially among the Chassidim.
Of historical note, this magnum opus is offered at auction on the 259th anniversay (15th Tammuz) of the Or Hachaim’s death
I: ff. (3 of 4),86;78. Title provided in facsimile. Many magins expertly repaired, scattered worming, repaired. II: ff. (1of 2),60;72;58. Lacking unnumbered introductory leaf. Title laid down, expert marginal repairs to few leaves, scattered worming, repaired, dampstained. III: ff. 8; 11 (of 12). f.12 provided in facsimile. Scattered marginal worming expertly repaired, few leaves remarigined. Vols I-II: Modern blind-tooled mottled morocco. Vol. III: Modern calf-backed cloth. Folio
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