b'Lot 42 Lot 4342BACHIAH BEN ASHER. Kad HaKemach. Second edition. Title set in architectural arch. ff. 83. Previous owners marks, ff. 41-48 inserted from another (shorter) copy, ff. 79-80 repaired with small loss. Some worming tape-repaired. Modern boards. Folio. [Vinograd, Venice 268.] Venice, Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani, 1546. $500 - $700 A philosophical work, Kad HaKemach is replete with homiletic interpretations of Biblical verses and Aggadic passages, as well as the Kabbalistic teachings to which R. Bachiah was inclined. See M. Waxman, Vol. II pp. 275-6.43BACHIAH BEN ASHER. Biur al HaTorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Pentateuch]. Previous owners inscriptions on title including, Zechariah ben Israel Foa (with his doodle on nal blank page). Scattered marginalia. ff. 230. Lightly stained, some foxing, trimmed, few leaves remargined. Modern calf. Folio. [Vinograd, Venice 264.] Venice, Daniel Bomberg, 1546. $600 - $800 This commentary to the Torah is truly an encyclopedic work utilizing a wide variety of sources. Especially noteworthy are the authors Kabbalistic references as well as Midrashic interpretations. R. Bachiah was well versed in this literature and brings forth many passages from lost Midrashim.The previous owner of this inuential encyclopedic work was a member of an ancient illustrious Italian family. For an extensive treatment of many distinguished members of the Foa family, see A. Yaari, Mechkerei Sepher (1958) pp. 325-44.22'