Kaftor VaFerach [Aggadic novellae]

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

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author

LUZZATTO, JACOB.

printer

A. Froben

Place

Basle

Publication

1581

Description

FIRST EDITION. Censors’ signatures on final page

references

Vinograd, Basle 171; Prijs 131; Adams L-2095

summary

Safed-born Jacob Luzzatto’s work was designed to defend Aggadic passages of the Talmud from Christian attack. See EJ, Vol. XI, cols. 598-9.

pp.(16), ff. 5-149, 160-162 (12). Stained, wormed and taped in places, few leaves with marginal repairs and supplied from another copy. Modern boards. 4to

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