De Creatione Problemata XXX

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 329

MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL.

De Creatione Problemata XXX

pp. (16), 156, (2). Lightly browned. Recent tree-calf with morocco spine-labels. 12mo Silva Rosa 21

Amsterdam: By the Author 1635

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $600

The first of Menasseh's philosophical texts, dealing with the Jewish notion of creatio ex nihilo. Following in the footsteps of Maimonides, Menasseh sought to disprove the Aristotelian notion of the pre-eternity of the world