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

AUCTION 30 | Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books and Manuscripts

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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, owner’s stamp on bottom of title. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, rebacked. 4to Vinograd, Venice 248; Habermann, Adelkind 18; not in Adams

Venice: Justininan-Adelkind 1545

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

In his commentary, Don Isaac struggled to come to terms with the catastrophic suffering 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)