Ner Mitzvah [sermons based on Maimonides’s Thirteen Principles of Faith].

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

SAMUEL BEN JOSEPH HAKOHEN

printer

Giovanni de Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1598

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title set within architectural arch. With poems by Judah Aryeh de Modena and Samuel Archivolti praising the author and this work (p. 4b and 215b). The Solomon of Dubno copy, with his signature (and others including Juspe Cohen and Aharon Pintchov) on title-page; Adolph Lewisohn morocco book-label.

references

Vinograd, Venice 854.

summary

Grammarian and Bible exegete Solomon Dubno (1738-1813), one-time collaborator with Mendelssohn in the Bi'ur project, amassed a library of more than 2,000 books and manuscripts. See EJ, Vol. VI, cols. 251-2.

ff. 212 (of 216), lacking ff. 185-8. Some worming and staining, few leaves repaired. Recent gilt-ruled calf. Sm. 4to.

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