Sepher HaChaim [ethics].

AUCTION 79 | Thursday, November 15th, 2018 at 1:00 PM

The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 35

CHAIM BEN BEZALEL.

Sepher HaChaim [ethics].

<<First Edition. >>Title within woodcut architectural arch. With signature of Rabbi Shmuel Helman of Metz. ff. 51, (1). Browned and stained in places, previous owners' marks, closely shaved occasionally affecting footers. Bound in Valmadonna-custom blind-tooled chestnut calf with gilt embellishments. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Cracow 155; Mehlman 1011.

Cracow: Isaac Prostitz 1593

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,250

R. Chaim ben Bezalel (1530-88) was the brother of the celebrated Mahara"l of Prague. He studied in Lublin under R. Solomon Luria (the Maharsha’l) and R. Shalom Shachna before being appointed Rosh Yeshivah of Worms, later he served as the rabbi of Friedberg.