LOEWE, JUDAH BEN BEZALEL

AUCTION 11 | Tuesday, November 28th, 2000 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 86

LOEWE, JUDAH BEN BEZALEL

(MaHaRa’L of Prague). Chibur Or Chadash [commentary to the Book of Esther]. ff. 60. Extensive marginalia. [Vinograd, Prague 101; Adams J-407]. Moses ben Bezalel Katz, 1600. * Chibur Nethivoth Olam [ethics]. ff. 131 (i.e. 132). Extensive marginalia in an old hand. [Vinograd, Prague 81; Mehlman 1199; not in Adams]. Gershom ben Bezalel Katz, 1596. * Chibur Be’er Ha’Golah [commentary to selected Aggadoth]. ff. 46. [Vinograd, Prague 91; Adams J-410]. n.p., 1598. Lightly browned, stained in places. Contemporary vellum, discolored. Folio

Prague: v.p. v.d.

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $7,500

Copious marginal notes throughout Chibur Or Chadash in an unidentified 16th century Aschkenazi hand are highly important, containing a purposeful Kabbalistic slant. Chibur Be’er Ha’Golah, was intended as a response to Azariah de Rossi’s Me’or Einaim The author intimates his intentions on the title page: “The fresh water which springs forth from this well (“Be’er”) is good for the heart and enlightening to the eyes (“Me’irim La’einayim”)