<<(MaHaRa'L of Prague).>> Chibur Nethivoth Olam [ethics].

Auction 98 | Thursday, June 16th, 2022 at 1:00pm

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LOEWE, JUDAH BEN BEZALEL

<<(MaHaRa'L of Prague).>> Chibur Nethivoth Olam [ethics].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Title within historiated woodcut border. ff. 131 (i.e. 132). Foxed and browned, few marginal repairs, stamp erased from title, some small burnholes (affecting a few letters). 18th-century tree calf, colored morocco spine labels titled in Hebrew and with initials “JK.” Rubbed, some wear at joints. Folio. Vinograd, Prague 81; Mehlman 1199; not in Adams

Prague: Gershom ben Bezalel Katz 1596

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $7,000

Rare first edition of the Nesivos Olam - the most concentrated treatment of the MaHaRa”L’s positions on ethics. For a detailed analysis of the ethical thought of the MaHaRa”L found in Nethivoth Olam, see M. Fox, The Moral Philosophy of MaHaRa”L, in: Jewish Thought in the Sixteenth Century (1983) pp. 167-185. <<Provenance:>> Christie’s (East), Rare Printed Books, 28th April, 1995, Lot 92.