(MaHaRa"L of Prague). Chibur Be’er Ha’Golah [commentary to selected Aggadoth]

AUCTION 44 | Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 1:00

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

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LÖW, JUDAH BEN BEZALEL

(MaHaRa"L of Prague). Chibur Be’er Ha’Golah [commentary to selected Aggadoth]

FIRST EDITION. Title within historiated woodcut border, geometrical astronomical diagramon f. 37b. Signatures of Yehoshua Kolon and Mordechai Chaim Todros on f.2, marginal note on f. 38a identifying the author's target of literary attack (see below) ff. 46. Browned, slight staining, marginal paper repair to title. Modern morocco. Folio Vinograd, Prague 91; Adams J-410

Prague: n.p. 1598

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $2,200

The famed MaHaRa”L of Prague was one of the most original thinkers of Jewish philosophy. Chibur Be’er Ha’Golah includes a critical response to Azariah de Rossi’s Me’or Einayim (see Lot 97)