Kevod Elo-him [philosophy]

AUCTION 43 | Thursday, April 02nd, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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JOSEPH BEN SHEM TOV IBN 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 staining. Later marbled boards. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Ferrara 40; Adams J-348; St. Cat. Bodl. 6003,1( lib. rarrisimus); Deinard, Atikoth Yehudah p.23

Ferrara: Abraham ibn Usque 1556

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

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. The Kevod Elo-him, a 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