Even Bochan [ethics in the form of satire]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $420

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author

KALONYMOS BEN KALONYMOS OF ARLES

printer

Vicenzo Conti

Place

Cremona

Publication

1558

references

Vinograd, Cremona 18; Benayahu, Cremona 18

summary

The Provencal satirist Kalonymos of Arles (1287-1337) pokes fun at the human condition, at aspiring patricians who claim bogus pedigrees, self-proclaimed savants and pious frauds. Also here are historical references to the first expulsion from France in 1306, and to the massacres of 1320-1321. See I. Davidson, Parody in Jewish Literature (1907), pp. 28-29; M. Waxman, A History of Jewish Literature (1933), Vol. II, pp.608-611; EJ, Vol. X, col. 721.

ff. 32. Title and f.2 tape-repaired, few stains, previous owners’ marks. Modern vellum-backed calf. 8vo

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