Mikra’ei Kodesh [Kabbalistic exposition to the Festivals and precepts]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

SAMEGAH, JOSEPH.

printer

Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1586

Description

FIRST EDITION. Two parts in one.

references

Vinograd, Venice 693; Habermann, di Gara 82; Adams S-225.

summary

Compelled to leave his native Salonika due to persecution by his community, Joseph Samegah (d. 1629) went to Venice, where he served as Rabbi. He later founded a yeshiva in Padua, where among his pupils were R. Chaim Benveniste and Joseph Solomon Delmedigo.

ff. 6, 116. Ex-library, some stains, title remargined, paper repair to final two leaves affecting some words. Later calf-backed patterned boards, rubbed. 4to.

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