Auction 95 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Letters and Manuscripts, Engravings and Jewish Ceremonial Objects
Two Leaves of Riddles for a Wedding by Rabbi Menachem Noveira – Verona, 18th Century
Two leaves of riddles for a wedding, in large format, printed in Verona.
• Al Tomar Davar SheI Efshar Lishmoa – riddle leaf for a wedding by R. Menachem son of R. Yitzchak Noveira. Verona, 1749.
• Et Sason VeSimchah HaYom HaZeh – riddle leaf for a wedding by R. Menachem son of R. Yitzchak Noveira. [Verona, 18th century].
At the top of each of the leaves is printed a large engraving of a female angel holding a wreath of flowers in one hand and a trumpet in the other. In the center of each leaf is printed an engraving with an illustration of the riddle.
R. Menachem Noveira HaRofe (1737-1777), rabbi in Verona, authored Yemei Temimim and published Pnei Yitzchak by his grandfather R. Chizkiyah Mordechai Bassan. An autograph manuscript with his poems is preserved at the University of Leeds, where the present two poems appear.
[2] leaves. 58 cm and 45 cm. Good condition. Light stains. A few tears. Folds.
The leaves do not appear in the catalog of the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem.
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