Sepher HaMussar

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 159

KALATZ, JUDAH

Sepher HaMussar

Second corrected edition ff. 140. Trimmed and lightly stained in places, few leaves neatly remargined. Later boards. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Mantua 70; Mehlman 979

Mantua: Giacomo Ruffinelli & Partner 1560-1

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $900

An ethical work focusing on prayer and the Festivals, as based upon the Kabbalah. The author resided in Tlemcen, Algeria at the beginning of the 15th-century. Concerning the Kalatz family, see S. Z. Havlin, LeToldoth Mishpachath Al-Calatz, in Kiryath Sepher, Vol. 49 (1974) pp. 643-56