(Gaon of Pumbeditha). Shirei Musar Haskal [ethical poem]

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Lot 136

HAI BEN SHERIRA

(Gaon of Pumbeditha). Shirei Musar Haskal [ethical poem]

Third edition. Hebrew text only ff.23. Lightly stained. Recent boards. 12mo Vinograd, Paris 37(unseen); cf. Adams H-17

Paris: Gulielmus Morelius 1559

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

The first Hebrew work printed in Paris of a literary nature. All previous Parisian Hebrew printed books were concerned with either Hebrew grammar or the Bible. For a description of the present work, see JE, VI 154