Auction 39 · Lot 47

Kad ha-Kemach [philosophy]

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

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

author

BACHAYE BEN ASHER

printer

Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani

Place

Venice

Publication

1546

Description

Second edition. Title within garlanded architectural arch. Printer's mark of Giustiniani, "Beith ha-Mikdash" [The Holy Temple] (see Yaari, Hebrew Printers' Marks 16). Opening words within magnificent surround. On front fly, lengthy inscription: "Tuesday, 13 Marcheshvan, 1826…I bought it from the estate of my deceased uncle R. Pinchas [Schick?]…Benjamin Ze'ev Wolf Aschkenazi from the imperial city of Berlin, a temporary wayfarer in the holy community of Tulchin, Volhynia. Monday, 8 Marcheshvan 1773." On title, signature of former owner: "Benjamin Aschkenazi"; "[illegible] from the city of Ansbach."

references

Vinograd, Venice 268; Habermann, Adelkind 47; not in Adams

summary

Rabbenu Bachaye (13th century) was a disciple of R. Solomon ibn Adret (Rashb"a) of Barcelona. Unfortunately, scant details of his biography are known. Bachaye's work is heavily influenced by the teachings of the Kabbalah. The Kad ha-Kemach, arranged alphabetically, is a virtual encyclopedia of ethics. See EJ, Vol. IV, cols. 104-5

ff. 83. Marginal repairs throughout, trimmed, stained in places, some worming. Modern blind-tooled mahogany calf. Folio

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