(MaHaRa’L of Prague). Chibur Nethivoth Olam [ethics]

AUCTION 58 | Thursday, May 02nd, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters

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LOEWE, JUDAH BEN BEZALEL.

(MaHaRa’L of Prague). Chibur Nethivoth Olam [ethics]

<<FIRST EDITION. WITH ADDITION OF THREE LINES OF TEXT IN A NEAT CONTEMPORARY ASHKENAZIC HAND, POSSIBLY BY THE AUTHOR HIMSELF.>> ff. 131 (i.e. 132). Browned and foxed. Modern calf. Folio. Vinograd, Prague 81; Mehlman 1199.

Prague: Gershom ben Bezalel Katz 1595-96

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $15,000

The most concentrated treatment of the MaHaRa”L’s comments on matters of ethical interest. There is a catchword at the bottom of these columns (ff. 32a and 79b- 80a) which does not appear on the next page. <<The author(?) has supplied the missing text in his handwriting.>> No manuscripts in the hand of the MaHaRa”L are anywhere extant.