Mivchar Hapeninim [“Choice of Pearls”- ethics]

AUCTION 31 | Tuesday, December 13th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew and Other Printed Books

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SOLOMON BEN JUDAH IBN GVIROL

Mivchar Hapeninim [“Choice of Pearls”- ethics]

Second Edition. Opening words within elaborate woodcut border ff. 40. Owners signatures and stamp on title-page, slight staining. Modern vellum-backed boards Sm. 4to Vinograd, Venice 271; Habermann, Bomberg 183; not in Adams

Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1546

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $450

The literary output of ibn Gvirol was immense. On the authenticity of ibn Gvirol’s authorship of the Mivchar Hapeninim, see A. Marx, Gabirol’s Authorship of the Choice of Pearls and the Two Versions of Joseph Kimchi’s Shekel Hakodesh, in: Studies in Books and Booklore (1944) pp.9-25