Shulchan shel Arba (Table of Four [Legs]). Laws and customs

Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
Hammer price: $3,000

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author

BACHAYE BEN ASHER.

printer

Samuel Latif

Place

Mantua

Publication

1514

Description

first edition. Printed without a title-page.

references

Vinograd, Mantua 15; Mehlman 961; St. Cat. Bodl. col. 779, no. 16; (Mehlman and Vinograd call for ff.16; Steinschneider has ff.14 as in our copy.)

summary

Rabbenu Bachaye as he is referred too was a kabbalist of the school of R. Solomon ben Adret of Barcelona. He is most famous for his comprehensive commentary to the Torah, but also for his topical Kad ha-Kemah and Shulhan shel Arba. Extensive research into his thought was undertaken by Ephraim Gottlieb. See his The Kabbalah in the Writings of R. Bahya ben Asher (Jerusalem, 1970)

ff. 14. Few light stains. Modern boards. Sm.4to

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