Olath Shabbath [sermons for the Sabbath]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $750

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author

IBN SHUAIB, JOEL.

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1577

Description

First Edition. Title within woodcut architectural arch

references

Vinograd, Venice 625; Haberman, di Gara 44; Adams I-18

summary

A native of Spain, Ibn Shuaib lived in Saragossa shortly before the expulsion in 1492. Ibn Shuaib’s collected sermons reveal both an extensive knowledge of both rabbinic as well as a broader general culture. The present work also provides an interesting description of the organization of sacred societies for communal needs in Saragossa. See EJ, IIX col.1201

ff. (8), 160. Lightly browned, stained in places. Generally a clean copy. Later blind-tooled vellum. Folio

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