Sepher HaChaim [ethics].

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Lot 47
CHAIM BEN BEZALEL.

Sepher HaChaim [ethics].

<<First Edition. >>Title within woodcut architectural arch. ff. 51, (1). Closely shaved, wormed or stained in places, few marginal repairs affecting few letters. Modern calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Cracow 155; Mehlman 1011.

Cracow: Isaac Prostitz 1593

Est: $2,000 - $3,000
R. Chaim ben Bezalel (1530-88) the brother of the celebrated Mahara"l of Prague, 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.