Or Kadmon [“Primordial Light” - supplications by David ibn Zimra, et al]. Edited by Moses Chagiz

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(LITURGY)

printer

Vendramin

Place

Venice

Publication

1703

Description

FIRST EDITION

references

Vinograd, Venice 1539; E. Carlebach, The Pursuit of Heresy,1990, pp. 54, 346

summary

Chagiz was renowned for his campaign opposing Jewish heresy, rooting out secret adherents of Shabbthai Tzvi. Bringing David ibn Zimra’s Or Kadmon to press was Moses Chagiz’s first publishing venture. Chagiz took advantage of the opportunity to append a short treatise of his own on Repentance

ff. (2), 30. Some words on verso of final leaf rubbed. Later calf-backed boards. 12mo

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