(MaHaRa"L of Prague). Chibur Be’er Ha’Golah [commentary to selected Aggadoth]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $2,200

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author

LÖW, JUDAH BEN BEZALEL

printer

n.p.

Place

Prague

Publication

1598

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within historiated woodcut border, geometrical astronomical diagramon f. 37b. Signatures of Yehoshua Kolon and Mordechai Chaim Todros on f.2, marginal note on f. 38a identifying the author's target of literary attack (see below)

references

Vinograd, Prague 91; Adams J-410

summary

The famed MaHaRa”L of Prague was one of the most original thinkers of Jewish philosophy. Chibur Be’er Ha’Golah includes a critical response to Azariah de Rossi’s Me’or Einayim (see Lot 97)

ff. 46. Browned, slight staining, marginal paper repair to title. Modern morocco. Folio

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