Avodath Yisrael [Commentary to Seder Avodah, the Temple Service recited on Yom Kippur]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $250

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author

Kimchi, Israel

printer

Jonah Aschkenazi and David Hazan

Place

Izmir

Publication

1737

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within typographic border. Scholarly marginalium in Sephardic hand on ff. 108r and 118r

references

Vinograd, Izmir 49

summary

R. Israel Kimchi was an emissary from Safed to Italy. His commentary to the Seder Avodah, the service performed in the Holy Temple on Yom Kippur, is one of the most comprehensive and scholarly treatments ever

ff. (4), 216, (4). Title repair. Severely wormed. Modern marbled boards. 4to

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