(MaHaRa’L of Prague). Chibur Nethivoth Olam [ethics]

Estimate: $5,000–$7,000
Hammer price: $15,000

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

author

LOEWE, JUDAH BEN BEZALEL.

printer

Gershom ben Bezalel Katz

Place

Prague

Publication

1595-96

Description

FIRST EDITION. WITH ADDITION OF THREE LINES OF TEXT IN A NEAT CONTEMPORARY ASHKENAZIC HAND, POSSIBLY BY THE AUTHOR HIMSELF.

references

Vinograd, Prague 81; Mehlman 1199.

summary

The most concentrated treatment of the MaHaRa”L’s comments on matters of ethical interest. There is a catchword at the bottom of these columns (ff. 32a and 79b- 80a) which does not appear on the next page. The author(?) has supplied the missing text in his handwriting. No manuscripts in the hand of the MaHaRa”L are anywhere extant.

ff. 131 (i.e. 132). Browned and foxed. Modern calf. Folio.

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