Lev Tov [ethical conduct, with laws and customs]

AUCTION 3 | Tuesday, November 25th, 1997 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Printed Books Duplicates from the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America

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Lot 116

ISAAC BEN ELIAKIM OF POSEN

Lev Tov [ethical conduct, with laws and customs]

Title in typographic frame. Yiddish translation printed in Wayber-taytsch type ff. 108. Stained, corners worn. Modern boards. 4to Vinograd, Fuerth 319

Fuerth: Itzik Buchbinder 1765

Est: $150 - $200

PRICE REALIZED $225

This morality book, interweaved with tales and parables, was as popular as the Brant Shpigel (see lot 20). Whereas the latter teaches women how they ought to behave toward their husbands; Lev Tov teaches the Householder how they should appreciate and honor their wives. See Zinberg, pp. 159-64