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Vayakhel Moshe (by Rabbi Moshe Alpalas) – Venice, 1597 – Only Edition – Signatures

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Vayakhel Moshe, sermons for various occasions by R. Moshe Alpalas. Venice: Daniel Zanetti, [1597]. Only edition.

Twenty-five sermons delivered by R. Moshe Alpalas in Tétouan, Venice and Thessaloniki and other cities. R. Moshe Alpalas, a rabbi of Thessaloniki, was a preacher who wandered to many cities.
Signature on title page: "Yosef Eliyahu Amach[?]". Signatures in calligraphic Sephardic script on both sides of last leaf: "Shabtai Chaim son of R. Yaakov Alfandari", "Shabtai son of R. Yaakov Alfandari", "Chaim son of R. Yaakov Alfandari".
Signature on p. 2b: "Moshe HaKohen Belenfante".

201, [10] leaves. Approx. 19 cm. First leaves in fair condition, the rest in fair-good condition. Stains, including many dampstains and traces of former dampness (large, dark stains, especially to first leaves). Title page reinforced by mounting on paper. Old binding.