One-of-a-kind!
Kehunas Avraham on Tehillim
Complete, impressive copy!
Venice, 1719
Magnificent Volume with Brilliant Commentary on Sefer Tehillim and Perek Shira
Written entirely in poetry!
This large volume is divided into five sefarim with separate title pages. Every line of Tehillim is printed separately and followed by commentary. Sefer Tehillim boasts 2,527 verses, and this sefer has as many poems!
The commentary was compiled by the renowned composer, philosopher and doctor Rabbi Avraham Hakohein of Zante which is an overseas colony of the Venetian Republic. The sefer opens and ends with approbations and poems extolling the sefer. One famous approbation was written by Chacham Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Hakohein MeHachazzanim, author of Eis Ketz, who was the spiritual master of the Ramchal.
The sefer was printed on expensive paper, and it took close to eight years to complete the printing process.
This is a complete copy and includes a full-page portrait of the author from year 1709 which was drawn when he was 49 years old. The sefer also contains a beautiful illustration depicting the chapter of “Barchi nasfshi” with sun, moon and stars and animals.
This leaf is not recorded in the Institute for Hebrew Bibliography.
The sefer opens with a beautiful title page that is virtually unrivaled in the history of Hebrew printing. The illustration features miniature drawings that allude to David Hamelech and Sefer Tehillim, symbols of priesthood and the author’s name. There are also separate title pages for each section of Tehillim and another title page for Perek Shirah, for a total of 7 title pages!
It is rare to find a sefer in such pristine condition!
Venice, 1719-1726. Complete copy.
Page Count: 1[] illustrated title page; 6 leaves; [1] portrait, 7-9; 49; 40; 30; 26; 52. [1] illustrated page, 53-64 leaves.
Page Size: 21 cm.
Condition: Good. Impressive, beautiful copy, with minor stains and beautiful antique binding.
Bibliography: Avraham Yaari, Diglei Hamadpisim, illustration 97; for an explanation of the title page illustrations, see ibid #157.
Provenance:
Sigmund Seligman Collection. Amsterdam, 1873-1940)
William B. Gross Collection. Tel Aviv
