(Attributed to Aaron Halevi of Barcelona)

Estimate

$300–$500

Hammer price

$700

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

author

Sepher HaChinuch

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1600-01

Description

Second edition. Title within decorative border. With an introduction and poem by Leon de Modena

references

Vinograd, Venice 894; Habermann, di Gara 201

summary

In his introduction, the Author writes he intended the work “to arouse the heart of [his] young son and youthful companions” to study each week the commandments contained in that week’s portion of the Torah. The Sepher HaChinuch is regarded today as one of the mainstays of rabbinic scholarship and the subject of numerous commentaries. The identity of the Author of Sepher HaChinuch remains unclear. What is certain, is that the book was composed at the end of the 13th-century. For a brief discussion of recent scholarly consensus, see EJ, Vol. VII, cols. 1126-27

ff. 228. Some light staining and foxing. Ex-library. Recent morocco, gilt, rubbed. 4to

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