Kad HaKemach.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

BACHIAH BEN ASHER

printer

Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani

Place

Venice

Publication

1546

Description

Second edition. Title set in architectural arch.

references

Vinograd, Venice 268.

summary

A philosophical work, Kad HaKemach is replete with homiletic interpretations of Biblical verses and Aggadic passages, as well as the Kabbalistic teachings to which R. Bachiah was inclined. See M. Waxman, Vol. II pp. 275-6.

ff. 83. Previous owners’ marks, ff. 41-48 inserted from another (shorter) copy, ff. 79-80 repaired with small loss. Some worming tape-repaired. Modern boards. Folio.

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