Socrate, ouero, Dell`humano Sapere Esercitio Seriogiocoso.

Auction 93 | Thursday, May 06th, 2021 at 1:00pm
K2 Judaica Sale: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts

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Lot 175
LUZZATTO, SIMONE

Socrate, ouero, Dell`humano Sapere Esercitio Seriogiocoso.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Engraved title vignette of insect emerging from shell pp. (8), 316, (7). Browned and stained in places. Later vellum. 4to.

Venice: Tomasini 1651

Est: $800 - $1,200
PRICE REALIZED $1,600
“Written in dialogue form with Socrates as the principle interlocutor, [the work] is an attempt to demonstrate that human reason is impotent unless assisted by revelation…[Luzzatto] shows a considerable degree of competence in philosophy and in the classical literature…and is a remarkable exemplification of the degree of culture prevailing at the time in the Italian ghettos.” (EJ, XI col. 607).