Bidspirit auction | Rare: Sefer Kavanot HaAgadot (Kaftor

Rare: Sefer Kavanot HaAgadot (Kaftor v’Perach)—first edition from the author’s lifetime, Basel 1581. - Sefer Kavanot HaAgadot, “also called Kaftor v’Perach…” an interesting work with an exegesis on all of the legends of chazal from Shas (both Bavli and Yerushalmi) and Midrashim which are difficult to understand, taken from the Tosafot and Tosefet Merubah with chiddushim of the Zohar, by Rabbi Yaakov ben Yitzhak Luzzatto, a sage of Venice-Sfat. First edition. The title page has an illustrated wood-carved engraving. Introduction by the author, indices. [16], 152 [misnumbered as 162] leaves. Half-Parchment binding, stains, slight worming, title page mounted on paper for reinforcement, ink blot on leaf 145, repairs, overall in good condition.