Auction 41 · Lot 171

HADASSI, JUDAH. Eshkol HaKopher

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $850

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author

(KARAITICA)

printer

M. Tirishkin

Place

Goslow (Eupatoria)

Publication

1836

Description

FIRST EDITION. Inscribed and signed by the leading Karaite scholar Abraham Firkowitz to David HaNasi, dated 1862, Egypt. An uncut copy

references

Vinograd, Goslow 15

summary

Written in rhymed prose, the work embodies science, philosophy, legends, folklore, anti-Christian and anti-Rabbinic polemics as well as an analytic exposition of the precepts. This “encyclopedia of Karaite lore and polemics is perhaps the most widely quoted manual of Karaite ways and beliefs. It was long acclaimed as an inexhaustible treasury of early texts...and as the definitive record of spiritual achievement by four centuries of Karaite endeavor.” Zvi Ankori, Karaites In Byzantium (1959) p.28

ff. 2,155. Title with marginal repairs, few stains and some trace worming. Ex-library. Contemporary boards, variously worn. Folio

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