Kinyan Avraham (The Wisdom of Grammar) - Zholkva, 1723 - Single Edition - Wood Engravings -Rare - Has Never ...

Kinyan Avraham (The Wisdom of Grammar) - Zholkva, 1723 - Single Edition - Wood Engravings -Rare - Has Never Appeared in Auctions
Kinyan Avraham, on the wisdom of grammar. By Rabbi Avraham Ben Raphael de Lonzano, the Rabbi of Firenze and a descendant of Rabbi Menachem de Lonzano. Zholkva, 1723. Single dition.
The book is approbated by Rabbi Ya'akov Yehoshua of Krakow, author of "Pnei Yehoshua" and Rabbi Avraham Kahana of Krakow and Ostrow and by Rabbi Avraham Av Beit Din of Zholkva.
The title page is an architectural wood engraving. On the upper part of the title page, an arc decorated with tendrils, at its center a jug and underneath it, two fish. This is the flag designed by the grandsons of the printer Reb Uri Weibesh Ha'Levi, who worked in Amsterdam and then moved to Zholkva, Poland and worked as a printer there since 1692. After his death, in 1705, his son, Reb Chaim David inherited the printing house and after his death, his sons Reb Aharon and Reb Gershon (who printed books during the years 1709-1746) inherited it. They are the ones who designed the flag, indicating their attribution to Levites. In the book, wood engravings frame the titles of the chapters (Diglei Ha'Madpisim Ha'Ivriyim, Ya'ari, illustration 100).
The book contains poems and a lament by the author for his brother's death.

On the title page it is written "First section"; yet additional sections were not printed.
On the margins of the title page, an ownership signature: "Meir Lazar". On the inner side of the binding, an inscription: "this book belongs to … Meir…"

32 leaves. 15.5 cm.
Condition: Very Good.