(RaDBa’Z). Magen David [Kabbalistic commentary to the Hebrew alphabet].

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: $125

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

author

IBN ABI ZIMRA, DAVID BEN SOLOMON

printer

Asher Anschel and Partners

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1713

Description

FIRST EDITION.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 989.

summary

Published from a manuscript owned by Chief Rabbi David Oppenheim of Prague. Born in Spain in 1479, the RaDBa”Z left before the Expulsion and settled for a while in Fez, from where he migrated to Egypt. He became the official head of Egyptian Jewry, serving as Dayan and principal of the Yeshivah in Cairo. After reaching old age he journeyed to Jerusalem where he died at the age of one hundred and ten.

ff. [4], 52. Marginal wear. Modern calf. 4to.

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