sefer Kisaot LeVeit David [alternative spelling: Kisa'oth Lebeith David ]

Yehuda Asael ben Eliezer Mehatov. Juda Asażeil Mehatove (Del Bene).

Published by Francisco del Rossi, Verona, Italy, 1646

About this Item

Philosophical sermons. Year: taf vav. Printer: Francisco de Rossi. 102 leaves, one of them, the 7th, is blank. Pages Lamed, Lamed Alef and Lamed bet are slightly shorter: 195 mm. Hebrew inscription on title page and some corrections of words in old brown ink. Some pagination added or corrected in that same brown ink. Verso of last page has censorsż inscriptions and a rubber stamp impression. Repaired very old, possibly contemporary leather binding, with four suns and fleur de lis gilt, rest of it is blind. New spine with gilt letter labels. Vinograd, Verona 13. Steinschneider C. B. number 5742, 1 Column 1344 Zedner page 403. Davidson, Otsar ha-shirah, v. 3 p. 300 (71), v. 3, p. 139 (1516). With poems by Menachem ben Samuel Shulchani and by David Chayyim ben Judah Asahel Del Bene. Wiener and Roest give date of publication as 1649. On leaf three is a print of a woodcut of Jerusalem and around it the verse "for there were seated the seats of judgments, seats of the House of David." This book was published shortly after the Cossack massacres of 1648-1649. It was published by Jewish workers who had escaped from Cracow because of the massacres. According to Benayahu in his article "Yediot Al Hadpasat Sefarim VeHafatzatam BeItalia," Sinai, volume 34 (1958), page 160, publishing was completed in 1651. Seller Inventory # 005858

Bibliographic Details

Title: sefer Kisaot LeVeit David [alternative ...

Publisher: Francisco del Rossi, Verona, Italy

Publication Date: 1646

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition