Drashoth Ha’Torah [sermons on the Pentateuch and on repentance].

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $750

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author

SHEM TOV BEN JOSEPH SHEM TOV.

printer

Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani

Place

Vencie

Publication

1547

Description

Second edition. Letters of title historiated; title within wreathed architectural columns; printer’s mark. (Facsimile of title in Haberman, Title Pages of Hebrew Books (1969) no. 22). Opening word of each of Five Books of Moses within decorative border. Owner’s signature “Shlomo ben Emmanuel Peretz” on f. 46r.

references

Vinograd, Venice 308.

summary

Spanish writer and philosopher Shem Tov ben Joseph Shem Tov who flourished in the mid-15th century lived in Segovia and Almazan. As a philosopher, he was a follower of Maimonides, even though both his father and his grandfather were among Maimonides' most uncompromising opponents.

ff. 81. Ex-library, worn and discoloredtained. Old vellum, worn. Folio.

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