Peirush al HaTorah al Derach Ha’emeth - Sepher Recanati [commentary to the Pentateuch]

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

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author

RECANATI, MENACHEM.

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1523

Description

FIRST EDITION. Initial words of Leviticus and Numbers within woodcut borders. Scattered marginalia. Purchase inscription on title-page (Aleppo, 1673).

references

Vinograd, Venice 85; Mehlman 1113.

summary

Recanati’s commentary to the Pentateuch is the very first of its kind, permeated as it is with the conceptions of the early Kabbalists. It is the first to refer to the Zohar and the Bahir, from which a large number of citations together, along with their interpretations, are provided. Accompanied by Another copy: Sepher Recanati. Venice, Daniel Bomberg, 1523. Wormed and stained.

ff. 154 (of 156). Text entirely complete, only lacking two blank leaves (as per the Mehlman copy). Minimally stained, previous owner’s inscriptions on opening leaves, marginal paper repairs to opening few leaves affecting a few letters, signed by censor at end. Modern calf. 4to.

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