Auction 14 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Tana D'vai Eliyahu – Rabach's Signature – Signatures, Glosses and Corrections

Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Tana D'vai Eliyahu, Venice, 1598. Daniel Zaniti printing.
Glosses and corrections. Owners' inscriptions on title page, in antique Italian writing: "I have bought it from R' Moshe Vitirabi… I should merit learning it, I and my children and my grandchildren… Binyamin Coh[en]". Apparently, the person who signed [and the editor] is the Mekubal Rabbi Binyamin HaCohen from Reggio called the Rabach (1551-1627), the greatest disciple of the Ramaz and one of the greatest rabbis and mekubalim of Italy, teacher of Rabbi Aviad Sar Shalom Basila and Rabbi Yoseph Irgas. Son in law and disciple of the Rabach, Rabbi Yeshaya Bassan, was the Ramchal's teacher. [The Rabach was involved in the 1627 controversy against the Ramchal].
On Leaf 44b, a signature in block letters "Shmuel Niron" [perhaps he is the renowned scholar Rabbi Shmuel Giron of Adrianapoli?]. Kabbalistic inscriptions and antique inscription in Latin on last page.
69 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good condition, stains and minor damage. (On last four leaves cut off edges with damage to glosses and owners' inscriptions).
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