Megaleh Sod [super-commentary to Abraham ibn Ezra’s commentary to Five Scrolls]. With Ma’amar HaMada [introduction to the sciences and religious philosophy]

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Hammer price: $300

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author

GUMPERTZ, AARON

Place

Hamburg

Publication

1765

Description

FIRST EDITION

references

Vinograd, Hamburg 89

summary

The Author, Aaron Gumpertz (1723-69) was the scion of one of the wealthiest Jewish families in all Germany. A devoted scholar, he was an early proponent of the Haskallah Movement. See A. Altmann, Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study (1973) p. 24-25 and Sh. Feiner, The Jewish Enlightenment (2004) pp.42-43

ff. 4, 12, 17(i.e. 20). Marbled boards, Sm. 4to

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