Auction 32 · Lot 193

Menorath ha-Ma’or [“The Candelabrum of Light”: Ethical Treatise]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

ABOAB, ISAAC

Place

Rada, Yemen

Publication

1722

Description

Square Temanic script on paper. Title within red and black ink design. Headers and initials enhanced with red ink. Double columns

summary

First published in Constantinople in 1514, Menorath ha-Ma’or has been throughout the ages an immensely popular and inspirational ethical work. Proof of its popularity is the fact that it enjoyed several translations to the various Jewish vernaculars whether it be Judeo-Espanol (Ladino) or Judeo-German (Yiddish). Unfortunately, we possess scant biographical information concerning the author Isaac Aboab, other than the fact that he lived at the end of the fourteenth century, presumably in Spain. See EJ, Vol. II, cols. 90-92

ff. 3, 164, (1). One leaf (f. 70 ) missing lower outer corner (no loss of text). Title repaired. Some worming and staining. Modern blind-tooled calf. Folio

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