Sepher ha-Chassidim [pietism]

AUCTION 40 | Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 1:00

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

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Lot 151

JUDAH THE CHASSID.

Sepher ha-Chassidim [pietism]

Second edition. Title within typographical border, title word within decorative woodcut frame ff. (4), 116. Tear on left edge of title, edges frayed and cropped affecting some text, worming, final leaf laid down. Old sheep, worn and rubbed. 4to Vinograd, Basle 168; Prijs, Basle 132; St. 5701, 2 ("Ed. quoque non frequens")

Basle: Ambrose Froben 1580

Est: $300 - $400

PRICE REALIZED $500

Many of the passages in Sepher ha-Chassidim are homiletic and exegetic, explaining the philosophical or mystical meanings of Biblical verses and Talmudic sayings. For an extensive treatment of Aschkenazic Pietism, see I. Marcus, Piety and Society: The Jewish Pietists of Medieval Germany (1981). See also Ch. Soloveitchik, "Three Themes in the Sefer Hasidim," AJS Review, I (1976), pp. 311-57