Kad HaKemach, homily and ethics, arranged in alphabetical order of topics, by R. Bachye son of Asher ibn Halawa. [Constantinople: Samuel son of David ibn Nachmias, 1515]. First edition.
Colophon on the final leaf: "And this book was completed on Thursday, 18th Iyar, 1515, and printed in Constantinople, under the rule of His Majesty Sultan Selim…".
Several handwritten inscriptions.
2-87, [1] leaves. Lacking title page (with composition beginning on the verso). 28.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains and traces of past dampness. Worming in various places, primarily to margins. Heavily damaged old binding, with loss.
After the colophon, on the final leaf - printer's device of Yehuda son of Yosef Sasson, who leased the printing firm from the Nachmias family and published several books at his own expense. See: A. Yaari, HaDfus HaIvri BeKushta, Jerusalem 1967, pp. 18-19.
Stefansky Classics, no. 496.