She’iltoth [homilies].

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,700

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author

ACHAI GAON.

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1546

Description

FIRST EDITION. With the rare 4-leaf indices often missing from other copies. Title within architectural arch. First words of five divisions of the Chumash richly historiated. Last leaf with Hebrew manuscript medical remedy written in an Italian hand.

references

Vinograd, Venice 294.

summary

The first work attributed to an author subsequent to the close of the Talmudic era. Written for the thoughtful laymen, it is a collection of homilies based upon the order of the the weekly readings of the Torah and focusing on moral duties and ethical law.

ff. 58, (4). Lightly foxed in places. Bound in Valmadonna-custom morocco-backed marbled boards. Sm. folio.

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