Kli Chemdah [homilies on the Torah portions.]

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $1,000

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author

LANIADO, SAMUEL.

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1596

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title letters within decorative woodcut vignettes. Printer’s device.

references

Vinograd, Venice 821.

summary

Known as the “Ba’al ha-Kelim” (all of his works begin with the word “keli”), R. Samuel Laniado (d. 1605) was one of the most prolific scholars of Aleppo. R. Samuel Laniado (d. 1605), one of the famed sages of Aram-Tzova (Aleppo), is widely known as the “Ba’al HaKelim” as each of his works commence with the word “Keli.” See David Sutton, Aleppo: City of Scholars (2005) p. 260, no. 376.

ff. 270, (7). Some marginal worming, few stains. Modern boards. Folio.

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