Auction 62
Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
By Kedem
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Aug 28, 2018
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LOT 63:
Toldot Adam – Venice, 1605 – Rare Book
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Toldot Adam – Venice, 1605 – Rare Book
Toldot Adam, "Brief history… from Adam until the year of the burning of the books in Italy", by R. Shmuel Algazi. Venice: Zuan (Giovanni) di Gara, [1605].
Two halachic rulings by the author, R. Shmuel Algazi, appear at the end of the book, one "concerning shaking the lulav" (with an approbation on the ruling by the Rama of Fano, R. Ovadia Sforno and R. Tzion Francis), and the second on the topic of "using a pawn".
The Chida writes of the rarity of this book (Shem HaGedolim, under R. Shmuel Algazi): "A small booklet was printed in Venice entitled Toldot Adam in 1605… each generation and its scholars from 1583 upwards, and this booklet is rare…".
The title page bears the signatures: "Avraham ibn Danan", "Avraham ibn" (the second signature was interrupted). The ibn Danan family was a prominent Moroccan family. Several great Torah scholars bore this name, including R. Avraham ibn Danan who served as dayan together with the Yaavetz, R. Yehuda ben Attar and their colleagues.
14 [i.e. 16] leaves. 13 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Several places reinforced with paper. Early parchment binding.
Regarding the year of printing, see: Y. Yudlov, Sinai, 84, 1979, pp. 167-168.
