Tzeror Hamor [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]

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

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author

SABA, ABRAHAM

printer

Giorgio di Cavalli

Place

Venice

Publication

1567

Description

Third edition. Title bearing printer’s device within architectural arch. Section titles set in decorative woodcut borders. Scattered marginalia.

references

Vinograd, Venice 551.

summary

The author Abraham ben Jacob Saba (d. c.1508) was originally forced to bury his manuscripts in Portugal due to a decree by King Emanuel outlawing possession of Hebrew writings. He escaped to Fez, Morocco and reworked this book from memory. This edition was the first listed on an Hebrew Index Expurgatorius prepared by the Ecclesiastical authorities. It was ordered to be committed to flames. See Pierpont Morgan Library Catalogue, Hebraica from the Valmadonna Trust (1989) no. 30.

ff. 165. Upper corner of title page removed with small loss to border, signature on top of f. 2r, margins of ff. 91-3 neatly repaired, dampstained in places. Modern calf. Folio.

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