Magen ve-Tzinah [an attack upon the views of Uriel da Costa]. Kitzur Magen ve-Cherev, and Kitzur Chayei Yehudah

AUCTION 32 | Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 162

MODENA, JUDAH ARYEH (LEONE) DA

Magen ve-Tzinah [an attack upon the views of Uriel da Costa]. Kitzur Magen ve-Cherev, and Kitzur Chayei Yehudah

FIRST EDITION. Edited with a lengthy German introduction by Abraham Geiger and an afterword by Samuel Reggio ff. 16, 64. Contemporary boards. 8vo Vinograd, Breslau 308

Breslau: H. Sulzbach 1856

Est: $200 - $300

PRICE REALIZED $200

Modena was a most enigmatic figure: rabbi, scholar and gambler. Magen Ve-Cherev is a highly effective polemic against heresy