(The SHeLa”H Hakodosh). Shnei Luchoth Habrith. Issued with Vavei Amudim by Horowitz’s son Shabtai Sheftel

AUCTION 17 | Tuesday, November 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic and Ceremonial Art From Various Owners

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Lot 195

HOROWITZ, ISAIAH BEN ABRAHAM HALEVI

(The SHeLa”H Hakodosh). Shnei Luchoth Habrith. Issued with Vavei Amudim by Horowitz’s son Shabtai Sheftel

Third edition. With finely engraved frontispiece by Abraham ben Jacob (See M.H.Gans, Memorbook: History of Dutch Jewry (1971) p.141) ff.(4),422,44,(12). Few light stains in places, gently damp-wrinkled. Contemporary blind-ruled vellum with central tooled cartouche, taped repair to lower portion of spine. Folio Vinograd, Amsterdam 668; Fuks, Amstersdam 405

Amsterdam: Immanuel ben Joseph Athias 1698

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $4,500

An ExceptionalLY FINE Copy. This edition of the SHeLa”H’s extensive work on Halachah, Kabbalah and ethical philosophy is considered one of the most beautifully produced of Hebrew printed books. Part code and part Kabbalistic treatise, the Shnei Luchoth Habrith exerted great influence upon the life of the Jews of Eastern Europe and, more than any other book, helped to introduce the Kabbalah into daily religious life. “Horowitz introduced many customs in the ritual and in the observance of other laws which have no basis otherwise except in the Kabbalah, and because of his authority they were accepted by a great part of Jewry.” M. Waxman, Vol. II pp. 420-1