Kesseph Nivchar [sermons to the Pentateuch]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $2,750

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author

PINTO, JOSIAH

printer

Bragadin

Place

Venice

Publication

1621

Description

First complete editon. Contains an approbation and ordination from Pinto's teacher and mentor, Jacob Aboulafia. With stamp of Ben Zion Ettlinger, son of R. Jacob Ettlinger

references

Vinograd, Venice 1134 (unseen)

summary

The author (1565-1648), was a leading Talmudist and Kabbalist in Damascus, Syria. The initial edition of the Kesseph Nivchar was printed in Damascus in 1605 and contained sermons only to the Books of Bereishith, Shemoth, and Vayikra. This Venice edition complete the material published in Damascus with sermons for the entire Pentateuch. See EJ, Vol. 13, col. 554. For the first Damascus edition of the Kesseph Nivchar, see Kestenbaum & Company, June, 1999, Lot 548

ff. 202, 8. Verso of title and final few leaves remargined, light wear. Later boards, spine loose. Folio

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