Auction 88 · Lot 167
Or Kadmon [“Primordial Light” - supplications by David ibn Zimra, et al]. Edited by Moses Chagiz.
- Estimate
- $200–$300
- Hammer price
- $500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(LITURGY).
printer
Vendramin
Place
Venice
Publication
1703
Description
FIRST EDITION.
references
Vinograd, Venice 1539.
summary
Chagiz was renowned for his campaign opposing Jewish heresy, seeking to root out secret adherents of Shabbthai Tzvi.
Bringing David ibn Zimra’s Or Kadmon to press was Moses Chagiz’s first publishing venture. Chagiz took advantage of the opportunity to append a short treatise of his own on Repentance.
See E. Carlebach, The Pursuit of Heresy (1990) pp. 54, 346.
ff. (2), 30. Disbound. 12mo.
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