Abudraham [commentary to prayers, including Passover Hagadah]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $750

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

author

ABUDRAHAM, DAVID.

printer

Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani

Place

Venice

Publication

1546

Description

Letters of title historiated. Printer’s device on title (Yaari, Hebrew Printer’s Marks 16). Printed in double columns. Single marginalium on f.73v. Inscription by former owner on final page

references

Vinograd, Venice 259; Habermann, Adelkind 41

summary

Unfortunately, few facts have survived concerning the biography of David Abudraham. His work, written in Seville in 1340, is considered by critical scholars an important repository of Spanish and Provencal traditions otherwise lost. Abudraham extensively utilized the prayer-book of Sa’adyah Gaon.There is some speculation that Abudarham was a disciple of R. Jacob ben Asher, author of the Turim, but this is inconclusive. See EJ, Vol. II, cols. 181-2

ff. 86. Title laid to size, text slightly affected, stained. Later calf-backed boards, spine rubbed. Sm. folio

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