Menorath HaMa'or [“The Candelabrum of Light”: Ethical Treatise]

AUCTION 47 | Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 1:00

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

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Menorath HaMa'or [“The Candelabrum of Light”: Ethical Treatise]

Second Edition, with scarce final leaf. On title, signature of former owner: "Shimon Hakohen, Frankfurt" ff.132. Trimmed and stained. Modern calf. Folio Vinograd, Venice 224; Haberman, Adelkind 1

Venice : Giovanni dei Farri - Cornelio Adelkind 1544

Est: $700 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $750

First printed in Constantinople in 1514, Menorath haMaor has remained throughout the centuries an immensely popular work of religious edification. The book is of immense value to scholars as well, preserving as it does Spanish-North African (as opposed to Franco-German) recensions of the agadoth of the Talmud. See EJ, Vol. II, cols. 90-91