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LOT 241:
Chavat Yair . Venice, 1628. Only Edition
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Chavat Yair . Venice, 1628. Only Edition
Chavat Yair composition. Clues to gematria and abbreviations in biblical verses according to the Sages, by Rabbi Avraham bar Yehiel Cohen Rappaport. Venice, 1628. Only edition.
40 leaves, 18.5 cm.
The author, among the elders of the Cohen Rappaport family, composed this book in honor of Rabbi Shmuel Hayim Basan of Verona, disciple of Rabbi Shmuel of Lidola. An interesting composition organized alphabetically. With approbations, among them from Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modina.
Simple binding. Title page has been reinforced and cut in the margins by the bookbinder causing damage to an illustration and cutting the heading on most pages. Some moth marks and age stains. Medium condition.
