Beith Yehudah [compilation of Aggadoth]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $400

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author

MODENA, JUDAH ARYEH (LEONE) DA

printer

Vendramin

Place

Venice

Publication

1635

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within woodcut architectural border. Signatures on title (including Elchanan Navarro), scattered marginalia.

references

Vinograd, Venice 1207

summary

Modena’s collection of supplementary Aggadoth were incorporated into later editions of the Ein Ya’akov. His comments are prefaced by "Amar HaBoneh." Modena was a most enigmatic figure: rabbi, scholar and by his own admission, a gambler. His literary virtuosity continues to stimulate research and "serves as a prism of his society and culture." See D. Malkiel (Ed.) The Lion Shall Roar: Leon Modena and His World (2003)

ff. 37, (1), 48, (4). Dampstained. Modern morocco, gilt. Folio

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