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Auction 23 · Lot 171

(RaMCHa”L). Mesilath Yesharim [ethics]

Estimate
$150–$200
Hammer price
$250

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author

LUZZATTO, MOSES CHAIM

printer

Eliezer Solomon d’Italia

Place

Mantua

Publication

1781

Description

Title within a typographical border. Tailpieces

references

Vinograd, Mantua, 516

summary

It is asserted by the noted scholar Joseph Avivi, that despite its deceptively exoteric appearance, in reality Mesilath Yesharim is the quintessence of Luzzatto’s kabbalistic teaching. See Joseph Avivi, Zohar RaMCHaL (Jerusalem, 1997), pp. 208-33
ff. 35, 39-49. Lightly browned. Modern boards. Sm. 8vo
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