Modon, Simcha Cohen. Kol Musar
AUCTION 38 |
Thursday, November 29th,
2007 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 206
(POETRY).
Modon, Simcha Cohen. Kol Musar
Mantua: Raphael Haim D’Italia 1725
Est: $500 - $700
“Renewer of the Hebrew Sonnet.” C. Roth,The History of the Jews of Italy (1946) p. 400. Includes fifty sonnets (poems of fourteen lines), reflecting on the various Biblical commandments based on motifs found in rabbinic literature. See also Modon’s sonnet 46, “On the Three Types of Writing ” - the poet sings the virtues of paper, vellum, and rag