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Paraphrasis Caldayca en los Cantares de Selomoh. * WITH: Masecheth Avoth / Perakim.

Auction 63 · Lot 215

Paraphrasis Caldayca en los Cantares de Selomoh. * WITH: Masecheth Avoth / Perakim.

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

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(SEPHARDICA).

printer

Salomon Proops

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1712

Description

Two parts in one volume. Texts in Hebrew, Ladino and Spanish, prepared by Moses Belmonte. Bookplate of Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Dunner.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 974; Fuks, Amsterdam 437; Kayserling pp. 27, 30

summary

Contains a Spanish paraphrase of the Targum to Shir HaShirim and a translation of Pirkei Avoth. The Sephardic community of Amsterdam, recited these texts on the Sabbaths between Passover and Shavu’oth.
pp. 134. Foxed. Contemporary gilt-tooled morocco with ornate leafy and geometric patterns, spine worn, gutter starting. Sm. 8vo.
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