Kehunath Avraham [poetical paraphrase of the Book of Psalms]. With Benei Keturah [verse to Perek Shirah]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $1,400

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author

COHEN, ABRAHAM BEN SHABTHAI

printer

Bragadin

Place

Venice

Publication

1719

Description

FIRST EDITION. Six parts in one, each part preceded by divisional title page. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the Author. Engraved plate prior to Benei Keturah (between f. 52 and f.53) entitled “Barchu HaShem Kol Tzva’av” - depicting celestial bodies and animal kingdom. The YIVO copy.

references

Vinograd, Venice 1660; Rubens no. 8; see also R. Abraham Hakohen of Zante and the Circle of Physician-Poets in Padua, in: HaSifrut, Vol. 26 (1978)

ff. (2), 8, 49, 40, 30, 26, 52, (1), 53-64. Opening title in facsimile, slight staining. Renaissance/Spring binding. 4to

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