Auction 70
Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
By Kedem
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Mar 31, 2020
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LOT 41:
Rosh Amana - Venice, 1545
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Sold for: $1,200 (₪4,296)
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Rosh Amana - Venice, 1545
Rosh Amana, principles of faith, by R. Yitzchak Abarbanel. Venice: Marco Antonio Giustiniani, [1545]. Second edition.
The first edition was printed forty years earlier in Constantinople (in the book Nachalat Avot). On the verso of the title page: "Poems composed by R. Yehuda Abarbanel, son of the illustrious author".
Early signatures and ownership inscriptions in Italian script on the title page: "Was allocated to the brothers Yehoshua and Shlomo Foa, from the inheritance of our uncle, the great Torah scholar from Modena", "Was allocated to the young boy [--] Shlomo Foa, May 1595", "The leader Moshe Levi", "Elisha Katzigin", "Yitzchak son of R. Elisha Katzigin", "Acquisition of my money, Moshe son of R. Yitzchak Katzigin" (there are records of a R. Yitzchak Katzigin who served as a rabbi in Casale Monferrato, and of his relative R. Elisha Katzigin, also a rabbi), and other inscriptions.
34 leaves. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear, primarily to title page and first leaves. Small tear to top of title page. New binding.
See: Stefansky Classics, no. 38.
