Kevod Elo-him [philosophy]

AUCTION 34 | Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 at 1:00

Exemplary Hebrew Books: The Library of Joseph Gradenwitz, Esq.

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IBN SHEM TOV, JOSEPH BEN SHEM TOV

Kevod Elo-him [philosophy]

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch with the printer’s device of an armillary sphere resting on a scroll with verse from Psalm 130:5 (Yaari, no.22). With the scarce colophon leaf (lacking in many copies) repeating device ff.(32). Slight marginal worming with some repair, f.30r with marginal ink-scratchings. Modern tooled calf. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Ferrara 40; Adams J-348; St. Cat. Bodl. 6003,1; Deinard, Atikoth Yehudah p.23

Ferrara: Abraham ibn Usque 1556

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,250

The author (c.1400-1460) was a noted Spanish scholar and philosopher who served as the physician and financial administrator for the Castilian King Henry IV. This philosophical work delineates the differences between Judaism and Aristoteliansim, with the Author forcefully positing that only by following the dictates of the Torah can one find the path to immortality