Peirush al HaTorah al Derach Ha’emeth - Sepher Recanati [commentary to the Chumash].

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: $2,600

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author

RECANATI, MENACHEM.

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1523

Description

FIRST EDITION. Initial words of Leviticus and Numbers within woodcut borders. Autographs on title.

references

Vinograd, Venice 85.

summary

Recanati’s commentary to the Pentateuch is the very first of its kind, permeated as it is with the conceptions of the early Kabbalists. It is the first to refer to the Zohar and the Bahir, from which a large number of citations, along with their interpretations, are provided. The author was one of the foremost Italian Kabbalists and Halachic authorities of the 13th-century. For a full appreciation of his significance, see M. Idel, R. Menahem Recanati, HaMekubal.)1998(.

ff. (156) Complete with blanks. Slight staining in places, previous owner’s signatures on title, scattered marginalia, title neatly repaired. Modern calf. 4to.

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