Auction 44 · Lot 223

Peirush al HaTorah al Derach Ha’emeth-Sepher Recanati [commentary to the Pentateuch]

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,400

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author

RECANATI, MENACHEM.

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1523

Description

FIRST EDITION. Initial words of Leviticus and Numbers within woodcut borders

references

Vinograd, Venice 85; Habermann, Bomberg 84; Mehlman 1113; Adams M- 1243

summary

Recanati was the foremost Italian Kabbalist and Halachic authority of the13th century. This commentary to the Pentateuch is the very first of its kind and is permeated with the early Kabbalists new conceptions. It is the first to quote the Zohar and the Bahir, from which a large number of citations together with their interpretations are provided. For a full appreciation of the importance of the author, see M. Idel, Menachem Recanati Hamekubal (1998) pp. 79-80 quoting Prof. Y. Ta-Shema concerning otherwise unknown scholars cited by Recanati

ff. (156) Complete with blanks. Slight staining in places, previous owner’s signatures on title, scattered marginalia, title repaired, trimmed. Recent calf. 4to

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