Nachlath Avoth [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers, with text]

AUCTION 13 | Tuesday, June 26th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts Together With Fine Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 120

ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC

Nachlath Avoth [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers, with text]

Second Edition. Printer’s device on title (Yaari no. 16). Laudatory poem by the Author’s eldest son, Judah (Leone Ebreo) Abrabanel on verso of title. ff. 216 (i.e. 215). Few light stains, neat marginal repairs to last few leaves. Recent vellum-backed cloth boards. 4to Vinograd, Venice 248; Habermann, Adelkind 18; not in Adams

Venice: Justininan-Adelkind 1545

Est: $700 - $1,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,100

In his commentary, Don Isaac struggled to come to terms with the catastrophic suffering that Spanish Jewry had endured. Nachlath Avoth is his testimony to the significance of that suffering. For a detailed biography of Abrabarnel’s experiences and philosophical conclusions regarding the Spanish Expulsion see B. Netanyahu, Don Isaac Abravanel, Statesman & Philosopher (1968)