<<(’Tosfos Yom-Tov’).>> Ma’amar Bechinath Olam [Commentary to Yedaiah Bedarsi’s ethical work].

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HELLER, YOM TOV LIPMANN

<<(’Tosfos Yom-Tov’).>> Ma’amar Bechinath Olam [Commentary to Yedaiah Bedarsi’s ethical work].

<<FIRST EDITION>> of commentary. ff. 64. Heavily browned, marginal repairs to opening few leaves with loss of text supplied in facsimile in places. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Prague 92.

Prague: n.p. 1598

Est: $1,500 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,900

An important commentary on this classic of medieval Jewish thought. The Bechinath Olam is a profound poetic composition on the futility and vanity of the world and the inestimably greater benefits that can be derived via intellectual and religious pursuits.