Zecher Rav [poetic rendering of the marvels of creation]. With Shoshan Emek translation and commentary by Yerachmiel Falk ben Nathan Cohen.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

MUSSAPHIA, BINYAMIN.

printer

Joseph Karl Nuemann

Place

Brunn

Publication

1790

Description

Text in Hebrew and Yiddish.

references

Vinograd, Brunn 43.

summary

R. Benjamin Mussaphia (’Dionysius,’ 1608-75) was an Italian physician and Kabbalist who later lived in Denmark. The present work is an intricate poem that allegedly uses every Hebrew root (Shoresh) exactly once.

pp. (8), 86, (2). Browned. Modern boards, 8vo.

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