Milei D’Avoth [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers]
AUCTION 48 |
Thursday, May 27th,
2010 at 1:00
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Lot 70
CHAYUN, JOSEPH
Milei D’Avoth [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers]
Venice: Daniel Zanetti 1600
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $500
Joseph Chayun (d. 1497) was the last Rabbi from Lisbon prior to the Expulsion of Portugal. See EJ, Vol. VII, col.1514 (facs. of title of Milei D’Avoth wrongly captioned "1606"). Y. Y. Cohen attests to the scarcity of this work in his bibliography of commentaries and translations of the Ethics of the Fathers. See Masecheth Avoth-Perusheiha Ve’Tagomotheiha Be’aspaklarith Ha’doroth, in: Kiryath Sepher Vol. 40 (1964-5), pp.104-17.