Chakirath Halev [moral code]

AUCTION 3 |
Tuesday, November 25th,
1997 at 1:00
Fine Hebrew Printed Books Duplicates from the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Lot 224
WETZLAR, SOLOMON ZALMAN
Chakirath Halev [moral code]
Amsterdam: Solomon Proops 1731
Est: $400 - $600
Embellished with tales and parables, the work, according to Zinberg (p. 352-53) has “a definite social-ethnographic interest.” Upon publication however, Wetzlar’s morality book met with limited success in the face of a stronger desire for Yiddish works of a more esoteric and mystical nature