ʻAṭeret zeḳenim / ḥibro ha-ḥakham u-meḥoḳeḳ bi-Yiśraʼel, ha-śar Don Yitsḥaḳ Abravanel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abravanel, Isaac, 1437-1508, author.

Contributor:

Foʼah, Ṭoviyah, active 16th century, printer.

פואה, טוביה

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Bible. Exodus, XXXIII--Commentaries.

Bible.

Form (Philosophy)--Religious aspects.

Form (Philosophy).

Jewish philosophy--Texts.

Jewish philosophy.

Genre:

Early works.

Penn Provenance:

Annenberg Research Institute (stamp)

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (bookplate)

Sulzberger, Mayer (bookplate)

Barukh (inscription)

Physical Description:

40 leaves [that is, 80 pages] ; 21 cm (4to)

Edition:

[First edition]

Manufacture:

[Sabbioneta, Italy] : [Toviyah Foʼah], ṿa-tehi reshit melʼakhto be-Bol ba-shivʻah ʻaśar yom la-ḥodesh [that is, 31 October 1556] poh Sabioneṭah, asher taḥat memshelet ha-adon Ṿespezian Gonzagah Ḳolonah yar.h., be-vet ha-zaḳen ṿe-neśo panim ke.mo.r. Toviyah Y.ts.ṿ. be.ke.mo.r. Eliʻezer Foah za.l.

סביוניטה : טוביה פואה, ותהי ראשית מלאכתו בבול בשבעה עשר יום לחדש פה סביוניטה אשר תחת ממשלת האדון ויספיזיאן גונזאגה קולונה יר"ה, בבית הזקן נשוא פנים כמ"ר טוביה יצ"ו בכמ"ר אליעזר פואה ז"ל

Notes:

Title page printed inside a woodcut frame (cornucopiae; wreath cartouche; opposing sentries (one in armor, other in raiment); historiated abutments).

Reigning monarch mentioned in imprint -- Vespasiano Gonzaga Colonna, duca di Sabbioneta (1531-1591).

Metaphysical disquisitions in the form of a commentary on Exodus XXIII -- see conspectus.

Signatures: 1⁴ 2[bet]-10[yod]⁴.

Begun printing on 17 Marḥeshṿan ("Ḥodesh Bol") - that is, 31 October - and completed on 10 Ṭevet 5317 - - 23 December, 1556; see colophon. Additional colophon on title ("בשנת כי אצק מים על צמא ונוזלים על י'ב'ש'ה' אצק רוחי על זרעך וברכתי על צאצאיף לפ"ק"; from Isaiah XLIV:3).

Elaborate double-acrostic verse poem by Reʼuven ben Refaʼel Zarfati 'of Orléans' - composed for Aśahʼel ben Yitsḥaḳ of Rieti, then of Bologna (verse antecedent עטרת זקנים בני בנים ותפארת בנים אבותם -- Proverbs XVII:6; verse subsequent עשהאל קל ברגליו כאחד הצבים אשר בשדה -- II Samuel II:18. Followed by introduction by the author and a chapter conspectus

Local Notes:

Vinograd Sabbioneta 44

CAJS Rare copy bound in 19th century quarter leather on marbled boards; gilt title ("ATERETH ZEKENIM | ISAAC ABRAVANEL | SABBIONETTA 1557"); marbled endpapers.

CAJS Rare copy imperfect; f. 4, 2, 3, 4 with damage, completed on adhered paper in a 19th century Ashkenazic cursive script.

CAJS Rare copy formerly in the Library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (bookplate), RBR 2641 ; Annenberg Research Institute (stamp).

CAJS Rare copy "From the Library of Mayer Sulzberger" (bookplate).

CAJS Rare copy formerly owned by "Barukh" (inscription, title page: "חנני אלהים בזה הק' ברוך"), circa 18th century.

Cited in:

Vinograd, Y. Otsar ha-sefer ha-ʻIvri (Thesaurus of the Hebrew Book), Sabbionetta 44

Steinschneider, M. Bodleian Library. Catalogus librorum hebraeorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, 5302 : 40

Ya'ari, A. "Ha-madpisim Bene Foa", in, Meḥḳere sefer (Studies in Hebrew Booklore), 19

OCLC:

34522387