Imrei Shepher [“Words of Beauty”, sermons for various occasions, some of a Kabbalistic nature]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $550

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author

ASCHKENAZI, NAPHTALI

printer

Daniel Zanetti

Place

Venice

Publication

1601

Description

FIRST EDITION.

references

Vinograd, Venice 919

summary

The author, a preacher in Safed, died in Venice in 1602. This work contains eulogies for scholars of Safed including Elazar Azikri (author of Sepher Chareidim and the Sabbath hymn Yedid Nefesh, R. Yaakov ibn Rav and Yaakov Aboulafia. In the Alexander Marx Festschrift of 1950 (pp. 304-13) Saul Lieberman cites the eulogy contained in Imrei Shepher in his discussion of Azikri's scholarly works and determination of the date of his death. See also JE, Vol. II p. 200.

ff. 220. Previous owners' marks, some staining, marginal repair on final leaf. Modern calf. Sm.4to

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