Neveh Shalom. With an introduction by Moses Almosnino

Estimate: $6,000–$8,000
Hammer price: $6,500

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author

SHALOM, ABRAHAM BEN ISAAC.

printer

Eliezer Soncino

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1539

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectual arch

references

Vinograd, Const. 162; Yaari, Const. 127, Not in Adams. Both Vinograd and Yaari record only ff.194

summary

A series of homilies on various aggadic passages from the Talmud, interwoven with a philosophical discussion meant to serve as a defense of Maimonides’ reconciliation of Greek philosophy and Jewish thought. The author had a thorough command of the fields of knowledge of his time, for this work is rich in quotations from Greek and Arabic philosophical literature. See EJ, XIV cols. 1270-1

ff.(196). Title rehinged and remargined, few leaves with marginal repairs not affecting text

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