Me’ametz Ko’ach [sermons and eulogies]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $650

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author

ALMOSNINO, MOSES

printer

Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1588

Description

Second edition. Printer’s device on title, f. 225b and final leaf

references

Vinograd, Venice 726; Habermann, di Gara 102; not in Adams

summary

Me’ametz Ko’ach contains twenty-eight (thus ko'ach, the numerical Hebrew equivelant of 28) sermons by this celebrated preacher of the Neveh Shalom Congregation and an important communal leader of the Salonika Jewish community. Almosnino draws upon a broad repertoire of medieval interpreters: Maimonides, Nachmanides, R. David Kimchi, Ibn Shuaib, et al. See EJ, Vol. II, cols. 669-671

ff. 236. Censor's signature on final leaf. Previous owner’s signature on title, small marginal wormhole on first few leaves, some staining. Later boards, worn. 4to

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