Vaez, Abraham. Discursos Predicables y Avisos Espirituales

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $1,200

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author

(SEPHARDICA)

printer

Jacob Vaez (author’s brother)

Place

(Amsterdam)

Publication

1710

Description

First Edition. Spanish text.

references

Kayserling, pp. 107-108

summary

Sermons.The author Abraham Vaez was hakham of the Spanish-Portuguese congregation Nephusot Yehudah of Bayonne, France. Typical of Spanish-Portuguese sermons of the period, in his discourses the hakham weaves Biblical texts with copious citations from Greek and Latin literature. Dedication to Rabbi Isaac Aboab of Amsterdam, who provided a prologue to the book.

pp. 7, 128. Title page, first page, and final page damaged and lacking some text. Mispagination (p. 122=p.125). Contemporary binding.

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