Menorath HaMa’or [“The Candelabrum of Light”: Ethical Treatise]

Auction 85 | Thursday, November 07th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Menorath HaMa’or [“The Candelabrum of Light”: Ethical Treatise]

Printer's device at end. Title set in architectural arch. ff.116. Opening and closing leaves supplied from another copy, stained in places, closely trimmed affecting some headers, trace wormed. Modern boards. Folio. Vinograd, Mantua 95.

Mantua: Brothers Fillipono 1563

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $500

First published in Constantinople in 1514, Menorath HaMa’or has been an immensely popular and inspirational ethical work through the centuries. The publisher states on the title-page of the present edition that based upon an old manuscript recently discovered, many errors that appeared in earlier editions have here been corrected.