Auction 39 · Lot 256

ABOAB DA FONSECA, ISAAC. Parafrasis commentada sobre el Pentateuco

Estimate: $1,200–$2,500
Hammer price: $1,200

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author

(SEPHARDICA)

printer

Jacob de Cordova

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1681

Description

FIRST EDITION. Finely engraved title page by Johan van den Aveele depicting events in the life of the Biblical Isaac. Two issues (this without the portrait)

references

Kayserling 4; Gans, Memorbook p.99 (illustrated)

summary

Work by First Rabbi to Minister on the American Continent A paraphrastic (as opposed to literal) Spanish translation of the Pentateuch, embellished with author’s insights. Isaac ABOAB dA FONSECA was one of the Netherland’s most esteemed rabbinic leaders. In 1651, he accepted a call as Haham to Recife, Brazil, at that time in the hands of the Dutch - SEE: Alba Cecilia, Amparo Los judaizantes en Europa y la literatura castellana del Siglo de Oro : Actas del Congreso Internacional sobre la literatura castellana del Siglo de Oro y los judios fuera de Espana, Madrid, 14-19 dic. 1992 (Madrid : Letrumero, 1994)

ff. (3),pp. 634. ff.229-233 misbound but complete. Some leaves browned. Contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, spine in compartments, clasps broken. Folio

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