Kli Chemdah [homilies on the Torah portions]

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $850

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

LANIADO, SAMUEL

printer

Giovanni de Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1596

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title letters within decorative woodcut vignettes. Printer’s device. Stamps of former owners: Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Israel Rivkind (see Goldman 723) and Rabbi Michael Berson, Chelsea, Mass.

references

Vinograd, Vence 821; Habermann, di Gara 161

summary

Known as the "Ba'al ha-Kelim" (all of his works begin with the word "keli"), R. Samuel Laniado (d. 1605) was one of the most prolific scholars of Aleppo. R. Samuel Laniado (d. 1605), one of the famous sages of Aram Tzova (Aleppo), is known as the "Ba'al ha-Kelim," because his titles start with the word "Keli" (Keli Chemdah on Pentateuch; Keli Yakar on Early Prophets; and Keli Paz on Isaiah). See David Sutton, Aleppo: City of Scholars (2005), p. 260, no. 376.

ff. 270, (7). Title remargined, few stains. Recent elegant blind-tooled mahogany calf with gold florets. Folio

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