Divrei Shlomo – Venice, 1596 – Only Edition

Divrei Shlomo – Venice, 1596 – Only Edition

Divrei Shlomo, homilies on the Torah portions and festivals, Part I, by R. Shlomo HaLevi of Thessaloniki. Venice: Matteo Zanetti and Comino Presegno, [1596]. Only edition.
No second part was printed.
The author, R. Shlomo HaLevi (1532-1600), disciple of Mahari Ben Lev, served as rabbi in Thessaloniki. This book is a compilation of the sermons he delivered in his community on various occasions. As the author explains in his preface, he published the homilies Vayikra first, since the Sages state that one beginning to study Torah would start with the Book of Vayikra.
Signature on title page: "I, Asriel Chai" (of Mantua; see: Simonson, History of the Jews in the Duchy of Mantua, I, p. 46, footnote 201; p. 260, footnote 137 [Hebrew]). Signature at top of p. 2a: "Chaim Gallico".
In several places, handwritten hand marks (manicules) pointing to paragraphs or lines of the text.
Censors' signatures on title page and p. 13b of last sequence.

217, 214-314; 14 leaves. 29.5 cm. Fair condition; first leaves and several other leaves in fair-poor condition. Stains, including large dampstains and traces of former dampness. Worming in many places, affecting text. Marginal tears to several leaves, partially repaired with paper. Original parchment binding, damaged, with much worming.

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