(RaMCHa”L). Leshon Limudim (rules of poetry)

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

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

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Lot 225

Luzzatto, Moses Chaim

(RaMCHa”L). Leshon Limudim (rules of poetry)

First edition. Title within typographic border. Hebrew, with Latin and Italian printed side-bars ff. 56, (1). Signature of previous owner on title, bookplate of another previous owner, marginal holes on title, first three leaves repaired affecting a few words of text (supplied by hand). Later boards. 8vo Vinograd, Mantua 340

Mantua: Raphael Hayim D’Italia 1727

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

Leshon Limudim was Luzzatto’s first appearance in print, the book composed when the author was twenty years old. The work is dedicated to Luzzatto’s mentor, Rabbi Isaiah Bassani. There is a poem in honor of the author by David Finzi, who would eventually become Luzzatto’s father-in-law. This is the first of three parts of the work. Parts Two and Three of Leshon Limudim were published from manuscript by Haberman (Jerusalem: Mossad Harav Kook, 1945). see EJ, Vol.11, col. 603; Meyer Waxman, History of Jewish Literature III, pp. 104-105. E. Carlebach, The Pursuit of Heresy (New York, 1990), p. 195. F. Lachower in his seminal Toldoth Hasaphruth Ha’ivrith Hachadashah (1928-32) states that all of Luzzato’s works were heavily infuenced by Kabbalah, including this work, despite their subsequent literary fame