Tephilah Lemoshe [sermons and homilies to the Pentateuch, with treatise on the reading of the Shema upon retirement]

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $450

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

author

ALMOSNINO, MOSES.

printer

n.p.

Place

Cracow

Publication

1590 (i.e. 1589)

Description

Second edition

references

Vinograd, Cracow 138; not in Adams

summary

Moses Almosnino was born in Constantinople in 1516, maturing to became rabbi of Salonika. In 1565, he formed a delegation to petition Sultan Selim II for a confirmation of the privileges previously granted to the Salonika Jews in 1537. His efforts procured a favorable decision and in 1568 the Salonika community were granted the status of a self-governing entity, a prerogative it enjoyed for centuries thereafter. See EJ, II cols. 669-71

ff. 84. Lightly stained, previous owners inscriptions on title. Contemporary vellum. 4to

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