Birchath Avraham [sermons, with commentary to Orach Chaim].

Estimate: $4,000–$5,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

TREVES, AVRAHAM.

printer

Alvise Bragadin

Place

Venice

Publication

1552

Description

FIRST EDITION. Printer’s device on title (Yaari no. 18). The Jews’ College copy.

references

Vinograd, Venice 435.

summary

A member of an ancient family who originated in Troyes, France and subsequently spread throughout Italy and Germany, the author (c. 1470–1552) migrated to Turkey, where he served as rabbi in Adrianople. He corresponded with the leading Sephardic rabbis, such as R. Elijah Mizrachi and R. Joseph Karo (see Avkath Rochel 34).

ff. 361. Dampstained in places otherwise a crisp copy. Recent blind-tooled brown morocco, gilt-tooled corner embellishments. 4to.

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