Esh Dat, "Outrage against G-d….[attacking] Nechemiah Chiye Chayoun, who transgresses, undermines and destroys the principles of our Torah", by Rabbi David Nitto. London, 1715.
A book of polemic comprising two "controversies" against the Shabtai Zvi cult and against Shabtain, Nechemiah Chayoun of Amsterdam.
Ownership inscription on title page in Italian handwriting dated [1781?]. Several handwritten modifications [author?].
Rabbi David Nitto (1654-1728, Otzar HaRabbanim 4926), brilliant in Torah and in science. Halachic judge, orator and doctor in Livorno and later, the first rabbi to the Sephardic Community in London. Authored books "The Second Kuzari" and "Mateh Dan". Amongst the foremost antagonists of the Shabtai movement.
Nechemiah Chiya Chayoun (1655-c.1730). Shabtai sage and kabbalist. Popularly accepted to have been the most prominent of the Shabtai followers after Shabtai Zvi's death.
[1], 38 leaves. [does not include Spanish translation of the printed together with it:Es Dat, o, Fuego legal], 17 cm. Dark paper. Good condition. Several page margins torn. Stained. Ink-stamps. New binding.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.