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LOT 19:
Sefer Ikrim of Rabbi Yosef Albo. Rimini, 1522. Post-Incunabula. Impressive Copy in Original Binding.
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Sefer Ikrim of Rabbi Yosef Albo. Rimini, 1522. Post-Incunabula. Impressive Copy in Original Binding.
A fundamental book on principles of faith and religion, by Rabbi Yosef Albo.
As opposed to the 13 principles of the Rambam, Rabbi Yosef based faith on 3 principles: Metziut Hashem, Torah Min HaShamayim, Reward and Punishment. The author explains that the 3 parts of Rosh HaShanah prayers; Malchuyot, Zichronot and Shofrot were established corresponding to these 3 principles respectively.
The book was written to strengthen Jewish faith in face of the decrees forcing Spanish Jewry to convert.
The title page features the printer’s mark of the famed Gershom Soncino Press, appearing here for the first time. The mark depicts a tower with a pathway surrounded with a border. Next to it is a verse from Mishlei.
Early and prominent edition of this book.
Rabbi Yosef Albo (circa 1380-1444) a Spanish sage, was a disciple of Rabbi Chasdai Crescas, author of the book, Ohr Hashem.
Rimini, 1522. Soncino Press.
[154] leaves. 20 cm. The title page has a light indentation and erasure. Some leaves have brown stains in the margins.
Otherwise, this copy in complete and in excellent condition. Original, leather binding with embossing.
