Pirkei Avoth [Ethics of the Fathers]. With commentary Lechem Yehudah by Judah ben Samuel Lerma, with text.
AUCTION 80 |
Thursday, March 28th,
2019 at 1:00 PM
The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Pirkei Avoth [Ethics of the Fathers]. With commentary Lechem Yehudah by Judah ben Samuel Lerma
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Pirkei Avoth [Ethics of the Fathers]. With commentary Lechem Yehudah by Judah ben Samuel Lerma, with text.
Sabbionetta: Cornelio Adel-Kind for Tobias Foa 1554
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $1,700
Of Spanish origin, Judah Lerma's commentary, philosophical in nature, draws upon the classic works of the Spanish Jewish philosophers: Maimonides, Albo, Arama and Abrabanel.
Lerma originally printed this commentary in Venice in 1553. However by Papal decree, one Sabbath in the month of Mar-Cheshvan that same year, all copies of the Talmud, including Eyn Ya'akov, Alfas, and Mishnah, were publicly burned in Venice - and with them, all 1500 copies of Lerma's Avoth commentary. Undaunted, Lerma set out to reconstruct his work from memory. In time, he was able to obtain a single copy of his Lechem Yehudah plucked from the pyre by a Gentile. Upon comparison, Lerma regarded this, his second version, superior to the first.
