(“Leone Ebreo.”) Dialoghi di Amore.

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects

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ABRABANEL, JUDAH.

(“Leone Ebreo.”) Dialoghi di Amore.

Printer’s mark on title. ff. 246. Despite a few marginal repairs, a bright copy. Recent tinted vellum. 8vo. Adams A-63.

Venice: Domenico Giglio 1558

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $500

The author was the eldest son of Don Isaac Abrabanel and one of the foremost philosophers of the Renaissance. Commonly known as Leone Ebreo, his reputation rests upon the Dialoghi, among the most popular philosophical works of the age. See C. Roth, The Jews in the Renaissance (1959), pp. 128-36.