Einei HaKohen [Kosher laws].

Estimate

$120–$180

Hammer price

$90

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

author

YITZHAKI, AVRAHAM HACOHEN.

printer

Elijah Benamozegh

Place

Livorno

Publication

1865

Description

First Edition.

summary

The author, R. Abraham Cohen Yitzchaki (1789-1864) was a prominent Tunisian rabbi best known for his Mishmeroth HaKehunah, a commentary to nearly the entirety of Chazalic literature. The printer, R. Elijah Benamozegh (1823-1900) was a quintessentially Italian rabbi who fuzed his commitment to traditional Judaism with a humanist outlook. For more on the significance of Yitzchaki’s work printed at his press, see C. Boulouque, An Interior Occident and the Case for an Oriental Modernity: The Livornese Printing Press and the Mediterranean Publishing Networks of Elia Benamozegh, in: Jewish Social Studies 23:2 (2018) pp. 86-136.

ff. (2), 196. Browned. Modern boards. 8vo.

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