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Auction 30 · Lot 110
Toldoth Yaakov [sermons]
- Estimate
- $600–$900
- Hammer price
- $450
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
DE ALBA, JACOB
printer
Giovani di Gara
Place
Venice
Publication
1609
Description
FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch
references
Vinograd, Venice 1060; Habermann, di Gara 272
summary
The author originally hailed from Constantinople but later emigrated to Florence after losing his “health, wealth and children.” In Florence, he was appointed director of the city’s Talmud Torah and, in order to thank his benefactors, “who made me into a new person,” he published these sermons which had been delivered weekly at the Yeshiva
ff..114, (2). Small marginal wormhole on a few leaves. Modern cloth. 4to
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