LOEWE, JUDAH BEN BEZALEL

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: $7,500

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Place

Prague

Publication

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Description

(MaHaRa’L of Prague). Chibur Or Chadash [commentary to the Book of Esther]. ff. 60. Extensive marginalia. [Vinograd, Prague 101; Adams J-407]. Moses ben Bezalel Katz, 1600. * Chibur Nethivoth Olam [ethics]. ff. 131 (i.e. 132). Extensive marginalia in an old hand. [Vinograd, Prague 81; Mehlman 1199; not in Adams]. Gershom ben Bezalel Katz, 1596. * Chibur Be’er Ha’Golah [commentary to selected Aggadoth]. ff. 46. [Vinograd, Prague 91; Adams J-410]. n.p., 1598.

summary

Copious marginal notes throughout Chibur Or Chadash in an unidentified 16th century Aschkenazi hand are highly important, containing a purposeful Kabbalistic slant. Chibur Be’er Ha’Golah, was intended as a response to Azariah de Rossi’s Me’or Einaim The author intimates his intentions on the title page: “The fresh water which springs forth from this well (“Be’er”) is good for the heart and enlightening to the eyes (“Me’irim La’einayim”)

Lightly browned, stained in places. Contemporary vellum, discolored. Folio

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