Kad HaKemach.

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $450

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author

BACHIAH BEN ASHER.

printer

Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani

Place

Venice

Publication

1546

Description

Second edition.

references

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

summary

A philosophical work, Kad HaKemach is replete with homiletic interpretations of Biblical verses and Aggadic passages as well as the Kabbalistic teachings to which R. Bachiah was inclined. See M. Waxman, Vol. II pp. 275-6.

ff. 83. Previous owners’ marks, ff. 41-48 inserted from another (shorter) copy, ff. 79-80 repaired with small loss, some worming tape-repaired. Modern boards. Folio

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