Mesoreth Habrith Hagadol

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

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author

ANGEL, MEIR BEN ABRAHAM

printer

Judah Samuel of Perugia

Place

Mantua

Publication

1622

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within type-ornament border

references

Vinograd, Mantua 208

summary

Meir ben Abraham Angel was born in Bulgaria, but emigrated to Safed as a youth. There he studied under the great kabbalists, including Samuel Uceda and Chaim Vital. Upon his return to his native Sofia, he was appointed rabbi of the city. The present work, a commentary to 1650 Masoretic readings, is an expansion of his earlier Mesoreth Ha’Brith (Cracow, 1619) which was received to great acclaim. See EJ, Vol. II col. 951

ff. 84, 102. Dampstained, crudely taped in places. Modern boards. Sm. folio

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