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Sermons of Rabbi Yehoshua ibn Shuaib on the Torah – First Edition – Constantinople, 1523
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Sermons of Rabbi Yehoshua ibn Shuaib on the Torah – First Edition – Constantinople, 1523
Sermons on the Torah, by R. Yehoshua ibn Shuaib. Constantinople: [printer not indicated, 1523]. First edition.
Printed without title page. The name of the author is not mentioned in the body of the work.
Initial word "Bereshit" on p. [1a] set in fine, woodcut decorative panel.
The author,
R. Yehoshua ibn Shuaib (ca. 1280 – ca. 1340), was a Spanish Torah scholar in the early 14th century. A disciple of the Rashba, colleague of the Ritva and teacher of R. Menachem ben Zerach author of Tzedah LaDerech. He was renowned primarily for this book of sermons, which is arranged in the order of the Torah portions and festivals (these are presumably sermons he delivered on Shabbat), and includes discussions on halachic and aggadic topics, commentaries to the Talmud and midrash, ethics and kabbalah.
Colophon on final leaf, stating that the book was completed in Constantinople on Friday, 12th Adar 1523.
On last leaf, signature of censor "Domenico Carretto", dated 1628.
Censorship expurgations on several leaves.
Handwritten corrections inside text and on margins of leaves in several places.
[126] leaves. Gatherings numbered at tops of leaves, and sheets numbered at bottom of leaves. Collation: i7, ii-xv8, xvi7. Leaf [71], the seventh of gathering ix, is blank (lacking in some copies). 26 cm. Several leaves dark. Varying condition, fair to fair-good. Stains, including dampstains. Especially dark stains to several leaves. Marginal tears and open tears to margins of several leaves, partially repaired with paper. On last leaf of Bamidbar, large open tear, not affecting text, repaired with paper. Worming, affecting text, partially repaired with paper strips. Close trimming on title page, bordering decorated initial panel. Margins of last leaf trimmed, not affecting text. Early binding, with leather spine. Damage to binding (repairs and new leather strips to spine).
