Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Mikraot Gedolot – Nevi'im Achronim – Venice, 1547 – Signature of Rabbi Yitzchak Lampronti Author of Pachad Yitzchak

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Mikraot Gedolot – Nevi'im Achronim [Yeshaya, Yirmiya, Yechezkel and Trei Asar], with commentaries. Venice, 1547-1548]. Printed by Daniel Bomberg. "The Kabbalistic commentary Ma'ase HaMerkava" by the Radak is printed after the Book of Yechezkel. Signature on title page: "Yitzchak Lampronti". Several glosses and corrections in Italian handwriting [possibly, one or a few are in the handwriting of Rabbi Yitzchak Lampronti?]. Erasures and censor corrections. Rabbi Yitzchak Lampronti (1679-1757, Otzar HaRabbanim 10786), a Torah scholar, physician and leading Italian rabbi. Rabbi and head of yeshiva in Ferrara. His disciples served as rabbis of leading Italian communities. He was renowned for his monumental work, the Pachad Yitzchak series – the first halachic encyclopedia of which only part was printed in his lifetime, contains much material of various subjects connected to Italian Jewry, as well as many halachic responsa by Italian rabbis which were preserved only in this work. [1], 442-685 leaves. 42.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to first leaves, restored. Worming. Non-contemporary binding. From the library of Prof. Moshe David Cassuto.
Italian Jewry – Manuscripts, Glosses and Printed Items
Italian Jewry – Manuscripts, Glosses and Printed Items