Kad ha-Kemach [philosophy]

AUCTION 39 | Thursday, April 03rd, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 47

BACHAYE BEN ASHER

Kad ha-Kemach [philosophy]

Second edition. Title within garlanded architectural arch. Printer's mark of Giustiniani, "Beith ha-Mikdash" [The Holy Temple] (see Yaari, Hebrew Printers' Marks 16). Opening words within magnificent surround. On front fly, lengthy inscription: "Tuesday, 13 Marcheshvan, 1826…I bought it from the estate of my deceased uncle R. Pinchas [Schick?]…Benjamin Ze'ev Wolf Aschkenazi from the imperial city of Berlin, a temporary wayfarer in the holy community of Tulchin, Volhynia. Monday, 8 Marcheshvan 1773." On title, signature of former owner: "Benjamin Aschkenazi"; "[illegible] from the city of Ansbach." ff. 83. Marginal repairs throughout, trimmed, stained in places, some worming. Modern blind-tooled mahogany calf. Folio Vinograd, Venice 268; Habermann, Adelkind 47; not in Adams

Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani 1546

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $800

Rabbenu Bachaye (13th century) was a disciple of R. Solomon ibn Adret (Rashb"a) of Barcelona. Unfortunately, scant details of his biography are known. Bachaye's work is heavily influenced by the teachings of the Kabbalah. The Kad ha-Kemach, arranged alphabetically, is a virtual encyclopedia of ethics. See EJ, Vol. IV, cols. 104-5