Ginath Egoz [Kabbalah].

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $450

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

author

GIKATILLA, JOSEPH

printer

Eliezer ben Chaim Mechokek

Place

Hanau

Publication

1615

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title printed in red and black and within elaborate historiated woodcut architectural border flanked by Moses and Aaron with vignette depicting the Binding of Isaac (cf. Haberman, Sha’arei Sepharim Ivri’im pl. 39). With stamp of Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Widerewitz, The “Chief Rabbi of America.”

references

Vinograd, Hanau 15

ff. 75 (i.e. 78). Browned, Owners inscriptions on final leaf, in three different hands including Aaron b. Yitzchak of Wurka. Lower corners of title torn affecting portion of decoration. Folio

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