Drashoth Ha’Torah [sermons on the Pentateuch and on Repentance]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $800

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author

SHEM TOV BEN JOSEPH SHEM TOV

printer

Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani

Place

Venice

Publication

1547

Description

Second Edition. Letters of title historiated; title within wreathed architectural columns; printer’s mark. (Facsimile of title in Haberman, Title Pages of Hebrew Books (1969) no. 22). Opening word of each of Five Books of Moses within decorative border. With a 17th-century inscription recording family affairs

references

Vinograd, Venice 308; Adams S-1047

summary

Spanish writer and philosopher, Shem Tov ben Joseph Shem Tov lived in Segovia and Almazan and flourished in the mid-15th century. As a philosopher, he was a follower of Maimonides, even though his grandfather Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov, was one of Maimonides' most uncompromising opponents (as was his father).

ff. 81.Some staining, certain words censored and changed on the margin. Modern vellum. Folio

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