Auction 72 Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art
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LOT 165:

LANIADO, SAMUEL.
Kli Chemdah [homilies on the Torah portions.]

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Kli Chemdah [homilies on the Torah portions.]

FIRST EDITION. Title letters within decorative woodcut vignettes. Printer's device. ff. 270, (7). Some marginal worming, few stains. Modern boards. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 821.

Giovanni di Gara, Venice: 1596.

Known as the "Ba'al ha-Kelim" (all of his works begin with the word "keli"), R. Samuel Laniado (d. 1605) was one of the most prolific scholars of Aleppo.
     R. Samuel Laniado (d. 1605), one of the famed sages of Aram-Tzova (Aleppo), is widely known as the "Ba'al HaKelim" as each of his works commence with the word "Keli." See David Sutton, Aleppo: City of Scholars (2005) p. 260, no. 376.

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