Kevod Elo-him [philosophy]

Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
Hammer price: $2,250

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author

IBN SHEM TOV, JOSEPH BEN SHEM TOV

printer

Abraham ibn Usque

Place

Ferrara

Publication

1556

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch with the printer’s device of an armillary sphere resting on a scroll with verse from Psalm 130:5 (Yaari, no.22). With the scarce colophon leaf (lacking in many copies) repeating device

references

Vinograd, Ferrara 40; Adams J-348; St. Cat. Bodl. 6003,1; Deinard, Atikoth Yehudah p.23

summary

The author (c.1400-1460) was a noted Spanish scholar and philosopher who served as the physician and financial administrator for the Castilian King Henry IV. This philosophical work delineates the differences between Judaism and Aristoteliansim, with the Author forcefully positing that only by following the dictates of the Torah can one find the path to immortality

ff.(32). Slight marginal worming with some repair, f.30r with marginal ink-scratchings. Modern tooled calf. Sm. 4to

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