Tzeror Ha’mor [“A Bundle of Myrrh,” kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $550

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author

SABA, ABRAHAM.

printer

Justinian-Adelkind

Place

Venice

Publication

1546

Description

Second edition. Title within elaborate floral wreathed and garlanded architectural arch. Opening word within elaborate woodcut vignette. Printer’s device on title (Yaari’s Printer’s Marks no. 16)

references

Vinograd, Venice 293; Haberman, Adelkind 25

summary

Abraham Saba (c. 1440-1508), was exiled in 1492 from his native Castille. No sooner did he find refuge in Oporto, Portugal, than King Emanuel ordered all Jews converted and all Hebrew books burned. Saba’s sons were forcibly baptized and his extensive library plundered. The Author escaped to Fez, Morocco, where he reconstructed this work from memory. See N.S. Libowitz, R. Avraham Saba u-Sepharav (1936); EJ, Vol. XIV, cols. 555-6.

ff. 165 (of 166), complete except for final blank, mispaginated in places as in all copies (corrected in pencil by previous owner). Closely shaved, stained, part of upper and lower corner of title repaired with portion of decoration in facsimile. Modern calf-backed boards. Folio

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