Lev Tov [ethical conduct, with laws and customs]

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $850

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author

ISAAC BEN ELIAKIM OF POSEN

printer

Moshe Diaz

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1706

Description

Yiddish printed in wayber-taytsch type. A wide-margined copy

references

Vinograd. Amsterdam 805

summary

Devotional guide for daily life, a morality book, interwoven with laws, customs, tales and parables. Lev Tov includes a section encouraging men and women to act with the greatest respect toward each other. See Zinberg, pp. 159-64

ff. 2, 102. Some staining. Elaborately tooled contemporary calf with clasps (one loose) and hinges, spine rebacked. Folio

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