Bidspirit auction | HALEVI, SHLOMO BEN YITZCHAK. (The

HALEVI, SHLOMO BEN YITZCHAK. (The Elder). Divrei Shlomo [sermons and homilies to the Torah and festivals]. FIRST EDITION. Title within woodcut architectural arch. ff. 314,14. Occasional wear and staining, lower corner of title repaired with loss to architectural frame, previous owner’s marks. Later boards, worn, lacking spine. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 819. Venice, Daniel Zanetti, 1596. A descendent of exiles from Portugal, the author incorporated sermons he delivered in Salonika between the years 1568 and 1575. The work opens with Sepher Vayikra in accordance with the tradition to commence the study of Torah with motifs of purity.