(“Hapenini”). Bechinath Olam [ethics]. With commentaries by Moses ibn Chabib and R. Joseph Frances

AUCTION 14 | Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 at 1:00

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

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JEDAIAH BEDARSI

(“Hapenini”). Bechinath Olam [ethics]. With commentaries by Moses ibn Chabib and R. Joseph Frances

FIRST EDITION with the commentary. Title within woodcut architectural arch surrounded by armaments. THE SOLMON HIRSCHELL COPY, inscribed by him on title ff. 119 (of 122). Title and ff. 121-2 provided in an old-hand, lacking entirely final ff. 13. Light dampstains in places, previous owner’s inscription on title. Recent roan-backed boards. 4to Vinograd, Ferrara 6; Mehlman 968; not in Adams

Ferrara: Samuel Gallus (Zarfati) 1552

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $400

A profound poetic composition on the futility and vanity of the World and the inestimably greater benefits of intellectual and religious pursuits. For an extensive critical analysis of Jedaiah Hapenini’s poetic style, see I. Zinberg, Vol. III, pp. 96-8. For a critical examination of his poetic and philosophical works, see J. Chotzner, in JQR vol. VIII (1896) pp.414-25. This copy received by Rabbi Solomon Hirschell as a gift from R. Reuben Zelig of Hamberg on Erev Rosh Chodesh Adar I, 1815. Chief Rabbi Hirschell seemed to have a fondness for the work. Indeed, the London 1806 edition was inscribed to him by the editor R. T. Goodman