(ReMeZ). Tofteh Aruch or “L’Inferno Figurato” [description of Hell]. * With (as issued): Eden Aruch by Jacob Daniel Olmo. [sequel to the first, on the joys to come in Heaven].

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $250

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author

ZACUTO, MOSES BEN MORDECAI.

printer

Bragadin

Place

Venice

Publication

1742-43

Description

FIRST EDITION of Olmo, second edition of Zacuto. Two title-pages both within architectural arch.

references

Vinograd, Venice 1836.

summary

The first dramatic poem in Hebrew. Apparently inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy, this is Zacuto’s dramatic poem on the affliction of the soul in hell.

ff. (2), 13; (3), 25, (1). Contemporary mottled calf, rubbed and chipped. 4to.

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