Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical sermons on the Pentateuch]

Estimate: $20,000–$25,000
Hammer price: $21,000

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author

ARAMA, ISAAC

printer

Don Judah Gedaliah, Joseph de Crasto & Eliezer de Arles for Solomon ibn Yakar

Place

Salonika

Publication

1522

Description

FIRST EDITION. Printed without a title page. Five parts bound in two. A Fine Copy.

references

Vinograd, Salonika 29; Mehlman 1220; not in Adams

summary

First edition of a fundamental work of Jewish homiletics. Very seldom found complete.

ff.557. Vol. I: opening ff.7 with expert marginal repairs with loss of few words on opening page provided in facsimile, some dampstaining; Vol. II: Stamp on first page, final ff.3 remargined, few stains. 19th century half-roan over marbled boards, rubbed. Folio

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