Nishmath Chaim [on the immortality of the Soul].

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $550

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

author

MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL.

printer

Samuel Soeiro (the author’s son)

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1652

Description

FIRST EDITION. Hebrew title within architectural arch. Additional Latin title-page, dedication to Emperor Ferdinand III and Argumentum Operis: Latin contents of each chapter. A wide margined copy. Latin marginalia.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 202; Mehlman 1211; Fuks, Amsterdam 190; Silva Rosa 59.

summary

Menasseh’s celebrated Nishmath Chaim is of fundamental importance to Jewish theology and is the great rabbi’s magnum opus.

ff. (8), 174, (2), (4), (4). Lacking portrait (as most all copies). Some staining, slight repair to Hebrew title with few letters in facsimile, previous owners’ inscriptions on Hebrew title and front endpaper, Hebrew and Latin titles and initial supplied from a slightly shorter copy, initial two Latin leaves with repair to lower margin. Later mottled calf, rebacked and recornered. 4to.

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