Ohr Amim [“Light of the Nations”: philosophy, opposing Aristotelianism]

Estimate

$3,000–$5,000

Hammer price

$4,000

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author

SFORNO, OBADIAH

printer

The Company of Silk Weavers

Place

Bologna

Publication

1537

Description

FIRST EDITION. Initial word within decorative frame. A wide-margined copy

references

Vinograd, Bologna 8; Mehlman 1219; Adams O-1

summary

Obadiah Sforno of Bologna (known in Latin as Salvadeus), (ca. 1470-ca. 1550), was a physician by profession. In this slim volume, Sforno quotes abundantly from the Greek philosopher Aristotle and the Arab philosophers Ibn Rushd (Averroes) and al-Ghazali. A Latin version apeared under the title Lumen Gentium (Bologna, 1548). See EJ, Vol. XIV, cols. 1209-1210. This work was the first of only nine books printed by the Jewish Silk Weaver’s Guild of Bologna. See Amram, The Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy, pp.232-35

ff. 64. Lightly stained in places. Later calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed. Sm. 4to

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