Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical homilies to the Pentateuch and Five Megilloth].

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

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author

ARAMA, ISAAC.

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1573

Description

First Edition with commentary to the Five Scrolls. Title within woodcut architectural arch. First words of Genesis and Exodus in white within arabesques. The Elkan Nathan Adler copy, with his book-plate. Also with 19th-century signature of R. Mordechai Eliezer Yaakov Tanuri.

references

Vinograd, Venice 587; Habermann, di Gara 25; not in Adams.

summary

The commentary to the Book of Esther is actually the work of R. Isaac Arama’s son, R. Meir Arama.

ff. 308 (i.e. 302), 12. Stained, small hole on title-page. Later vellum, recased. Folio.

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