Even Bochan [ethics in the form of satire].

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Lot 119

KALONYMOS BEN KALONYMOS OF ARLES

Even Bochan [ethics in the form of satire].

Third edition. Learned marginalia throughout. Verso of title-page with inscription and signature by Samson Cohen Modon. ff. 32. Dampwrinkled, previous owner’s marks, signed by censors at end. Few light stains. Modern mottled calf. 4to.

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Est: $500 - $700

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From a prominent and distinguished Provençal Jewish family, the philosopher Kalonymos of Arles (1287-1337) pokes fun here at the human condition, at aspiring patricians who claim bogus pedigrees, self-proclaimed savants and pious frauds. Also noted are historical references to the first expulsion from France in 1306 and to the massacres of 1320-21. See I. Davidson, Parody in Jewish Literature, pp. 28-9; M. Waxman, A History of Jewish Literature Vol. II, pp. 608-11.