Eileh HaMitzvoth [on the 613 precepts]

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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Lot 152

HAGIZ, MOSES

Eileh HaMitzvoth [on the 613 precepts]

Second edition, greatly expanded with additional material. Printed on green paper. Two titles. ff. (32), 219, (1). Previous owners’ signatures on title, slight paper repair on upper corner of opening leaves. Contemporary calf, worn, backstrip loose. 12mo. Vinograd, Wandsbeck 9.

Wandsbeck: Israel b. Abraham 1727

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $350

On the role of this work in the literature on the 613 Mitzvoth, see M. Bloch, “Le 613 Lois”, REJ (1881) no. 1. pp. 197-211. On Hagiz in general and this work in particular, see E. Carlebach, The Pursuit of Heresy (1990) pp. 71-72.