Tapuchei Zahav [=Golden Apples][Abridgment of Elijah de Vidas' Reishith Chochma plus manuscript Tfilat Haderekh]

Vidas, Elijah ben Moses de, 16th cent.; Mili, Yehi'el (Yechiel), 17th cent.

Verlag: Mantua, 1623

Beschreibung

In Hebrew. FIRST EDITION. Title within typographic border. Some stains. Vinograd, Mantua 214. Lacks three leaves: The first leaf after the title page, which is the beginning of the Printer's Introduction. A photocopy of it is laid in. The other two leaves (Bet and Gimel) have been replaced by a centuries old handwritten version. Photocopies of these two leaves are laid in here as well. The title page has an owner's signature in Hebrew: Avraham Piscarolo. After the last leaf of the book proper, is an added three-leaf manuscript tfilat haderekh. The version that appears here is different from the one we commonly use nowadays. It starts with the phrase whose approximate translation is: This city is nearby and small and I will flee there. The front and back free endpapers have old inscriptions. Newly bound in attractive brown leather, gilt lettering on spine. The Mellis were a family of rabbinic scholars, whose name derives from the village of Melli in the province of Mantua. Yechiel Melli served as rabbi of Mantua in the seventeenth century. Besides the present work, he also authored a commentary to the Pentateuch entitled Sepher ha-Nimukim (Hirschfeld, Cat. Montefiore, Number 479-11). It is thought that in addition to his rabbinic and literary activities, Melli also engaged in banking. Tapuchei Zahav enjoyed wide popularity in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, going through several editions. This first edition was published by the author's son-in-law David ben Moses Portaleone. See S. Simonsohn, History of the Jews in the Duchy of Mantua, pages 30, 619, 629, 720; Jewish Encyclopedia, Volume VIII, page 455. Additional scans available upon request. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007547

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Tapuchei Zahav [=Golden Apples][Abridgment ...

Verlag: Mantua

Erscheinungsdatum: 1623

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition