Matzref LaKesef [defense of Di Rossi's history, Me'or Einayim].

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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Lot 97

DI ROSSI, AZARIAH

Matzref LaKesef [defense of Di Rossi's history, Me'or Einayim].

FIRST EDITION. Edited by J. L. Zunz from a manuscript in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. With a biography of the author. Attractive Hebrew font, printed on waxed paper pp. 15, (1), 125, (1), (2), 64, (2). Title-page worn, last page chipped. Needs rebinding. 8vo Vinograd, Edinburgh 4

Edinburgh: Filipowski 1854

Est: $120 - $180

PRICE REALIZED $225

The iconoclastic views of the 16th-century historian Azariah di Rossi were severely censured by the rabbis of his generation. In defense of his views, di Rossi penned this response