Sepher Chakirath Halev [moral code]

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: $350

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

author

WETZLAR, SOLOMON ZALMAN

printer

Solomon Proops

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1737

Description

FIRST EDITION. Text in Yiddish only, printed in Wayber-taytsch type. Title within a typographical border

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1464

summary

Embellished with fables and parables, the work, according to Zinberg (p. 352-53) has “a definite social-ethnographic interest.” Upon publication however, Wetzlar’s morality book met with limited success in the face of a stronger desire for Yiddish works of a more esoteric and mystical nature

ff. (2), 48, 46-53, 53-74. Browned and stained in places, trimmed. Later calf-backed boards. 8vo

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