(“Leone Ebreo”). Dialoghi di Amore.

AUCTION 23 | Tuesday, March 30th, 2004 at 1:00

Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts from The Rare Book Room of the Jews College Library, London The Third Portion

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ABRABANEL, JUDAH

(“Leone Ebreo”). Dialoghi di Amore.

Printer’s mark on title. ff. 246. Waterstained. Contemporary vellum. 8vo Adams A-63

Venice: Domenico Giglio 1558

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $350

Author was the eldest son of Don Isaac Abrabanel and one of the foremost philosophers of the Renaissance. Commonly known as Leone Ebreo, his reputation rests upon the Dialoghi, among the most popular philosophical works of the age. See C. Roth, The Jews in the Renaissance (1959), pp.128-36.