<<(MaHaRa’L of Prague).>> Derech Chaim [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers, with text].

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<<(MaHaRa’L of Prague).>> Derech Chaim [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers, with text].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> The Mayer Sulzberger copy. ff. 117, (1). Ex-library, final errata leaf laid down, margins of final 4 leaves minimally wormed, lightly discolored. Modern blind-tooled calf. Folio. Vinograd, Cracow 118.

Cracow: Isaac Prostitz 1589

Est: $4,000 - $6,000
PRICE REALIZED $4,400
<<One of the most profound analytical commentaries to Pirkei Avoth.>> Tipped to the lower portion of the title page is a contemporary censor’s notification stating that any reference in this work to ‘Aku”m, Goyim, Kuthim, Nochrim or Idolators applies only to the nations extant during the times of the Temple… “As for the nation under whom we dwell, Heaven forbid that we think of them the same… Rather, our religion cautions us to pray for the welfare of the government and its ministers.”