Drashoth Ha’Torah [sermons on the Pentateuch and on repentance].

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SHEM TOV BEN JOSEPH SHEM TOV.

Drashoth Ha’Torah [sermons on the Pentateuch and on repentance].

Second edition. Letters of title historiated; title within wreathed architectural columns; printer’s mark. (Facsimile of title in Haberman, Title Pages of Hebrew Books (1969) no. 22). Opening word of each of Five Books of Moses within decorative border. Owner’s signature “Shlomo ben Emmanuel Peretz” on f. 46r. ff. 81. Ex-library, worn and discoloredtained. Old vellum, worn. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 308.

Vencie: Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani 1547

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $750

Spanish writer and philosopher Shem Tov ben Joseph Shem Tov who flourished in the mid-15th century lived in Segovia and Almazan. As a philosopher, he was a follower of Maimonides, even though both his father and his grandfather were among Maimonides' most uncompromising opponents.