Auction 85
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
By Kestenbaum & Company
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Nov 7, 2019
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LOT 42:
BACHIAH BEN ASHER
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Estimated price :
$
500 - $700
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On commission only
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BACHIAH 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
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.
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.
