Matzref LaKesef [defense of Di Rossi's history, Me'or Einayim].

Estimate: $120–$180
Hammer price: $225

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author

DI ROSSI, AZARIAH

printer

Filipowski

Place

Edinburgh

Publication

1854

Description

FIRST EDITION. Edited by J. L. Zunz from a manuscript in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. With a biography of the author. Attractive Hebrew font, printed on waxed paper

references

Vinograd, Edinburgh 4

summary

The iconoclastic views of the 16th-century historian Azariah di Rossi were severely censured by the rabbis of his generation. In defense of his views, di Rossi penned this response

pp. 15, (1), 125, (1), (2), 64, (2). Title-page worn, last page chipped. Needs rebinding. 8vo

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