Sepher Zahav Seivah [novellae to the Talmud].

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $400

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

ALGAZI, SHLOMO NISSIM.

printer

Abraham Franco

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1688 (1683)

Description

First Edition.

references

Vinograd, Const. 360.

summary

The Chief Rabbi of Izmir, Algazi (1610-83) was an outspoken opponent of the pseudo-Messiah Shabthai Zevi. At the height of Zevi’s power, Algazi was forced to flee his own city. He thereafter settled in Jerusalem. See G. Scholem, Sabbatai Sevi, p. 414.

ff. (6), 5-181. Lightly stained. Contemporary vellum, rubbed. 4to.

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