Auction 41 · Lot 249

Goren Nachon

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $750

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author

(Philosophy).

printer

(Joseph Ashkenazi of Padua)

Place

Riva di Trento

Publication

1562

Description

FIRST EDITION. The diagrams on f. 6 and 8 illustrate groupings of the basic characteristics of human nature

references

Vinograd, Riva di Trento 37, 39, 40; Mehlman 1363; Amram, p. 305

summary

Goren Nachon is a collection of three classic philosophic works: ibn Gabirol’s Tikun Middoth HaNephesh; ibn Ishak’s Musarei HaPhilosophim; and Sepher HaTapu’ach, attributed to Aristotle. All three works were translated from Arabic. Ibn Gabirol was translated by Judah ibn Tibbon; Bin Ishak by Judah al-Harizi, and pseudo-Aristotle by Abraham b. Chasdai Halevi. The editor Joseph Aschkenazi of Padua added subject headings and names of scholars cited in each paragraph (noted alongside the margins). See Waxman, Vol. I, pp. 355-358; EJ, Vol. II, cols. 628-629; VII, cols. 236, 238, 243.

ff. 17, (1), 30. Mispaginated (as all copies) though complete. Hebrew marginalia in an Italian hand, slight staining and marginal worming repaired. Ex-library. Later half -calf over marbled boards. 4to

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