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Auction 27 · Lot 167

Sha’arei Rachamim [selected prayers, with mystical meditations]

Estimate
$2,000–$2,500
Hammer price
$1,700

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

author

(LITURGY)

printer

n.p.

Place

Salonika

Publication

1741

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch

references

Vinograd, Salonika 243

summary

The first printed edition of the Prayer-Book according to the custom of Isaac Luria (Nusach Ari). Prepared by the mystic, Chaim ben Abraham Hakohen of Aleppo
ff.(7),146. Dampstained, marginal repair on title, owner’s signature and stamps. With extensive marginal notations in a Sephardic hand. Modern boards. 4to
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