Goren Nachon / Tikun Midoth HaNephesh. With: Alcharizi, Judah ( transl.) Musarei HaPilosophim. * (Aristotle). Abraham Halevi bar Chasdai (transl.) Sepher HaTapu’ach [philosophy]. With approbation of Liberman Worms, Rabbi of Lunéville.

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: $325

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author

GABIROL, SOLOMON IBN.

printer

Abraham Briseqcue

Place

Lunéville

Publication

1807

Description

Wide margins. Former owners’ signatures on title including S. Schechter, with marginalia.

references

Vinograd, Lunéville 19, 21-22

summary

In the 15th-century the Jews were expelled from Lunéville and other parts of Lorraine, North-Eastern France. It was not until 1753 that Jews were once again permitted to reside in the town, By 1808, the Jewish community of Lunéville numbered just 315 persons - yet remarkably the town hosted two Jewish presses. See EJ, Vol. XI, cols. 567-

ff. 20, 4, 4-27, 4, (2). Browned. Contemporary half-calf. 4to.

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