Sepher HaMussar.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $450

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

author

KALATZ, JUDAH.

printer

Giacomo Ruffinelli

Place

Mantua

Publication

1560

Description

Second corrected edition. Title within architectural arch.

references

Vinograd, Mantua 70; Mehlman 979.

summary

An ethical work focusing on prayer and the Festivals, as based upon the Kabbalah. The author resided in Tlemcen, Algeria at the beginning of the 15th-century. Concerning the Kalatz Family see S. Z. Havlin, LeToldoth Mishpachath Al-Calatz, in Kiryath Sepher, Vol. 49 (1974) pp. 643-56.

ff. 140. Stained, initial and closing few leaves with some worming. Modern maroon calf. 4to.

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