(“Leone Ebreo”). Dialoghi di Amore.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $380

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

ABRABANEL, JUDAH.

printer

Georgio de Cavalli

Place

Venice

Publication

1565

Description

Printer’s device on title.

references

Fuerst II, 230-31; this edition not in Adams.

summary

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.

Slightly trimmed, otherwise a good copy, later vellum-backed marbled boards. 8vo.

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