Bidspirit auction | Levush HaButz VeArgaman. Venice, 1620

Levush HaButz VeArgaman. Venice, 1620 – Signatures of the Gaon Rabbi Natan Amram, Author of HaKinyan. - Sefer HaLevush, Levush HaButz VeArgaman – Even HaEzer. Venice, 1620.  At the Bragadin Press, in the house of Giovanni Cajon. At the end of the volume appears the approbation of eight rabbis of Venice, including Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh of Modena and others. The title page and leaf 10 bear the signatures of the renowned Gaon Rabbi Natan Amram (c. 1790–1871), author of the celebrated works Kinyan HaGuf, Kinyan Peirot, and other important writings. Rabbi Natan Amram served for many years as a Shadar (rabbinic emissary) of Hebron throughout the Jewish communities of the Diaspora. In 1863 he was appointed Chief Rabbi of Alexandria, Egypt. In addition to his exceptional Torah scholarship, vast knowledge, and remarkable humility, he was also proficient in many fields of medical science (HaMa'alot LiShlomo, 1997 edition, p. 291). 87 leaves. 33.3 cm.