(RaMCHa”L). Leshon Limudim [rules of poetry, with Kabbalistic influence]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $900

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author

LUZZATTO, MOSES CHAIM.

printer

Raphael Hayim D’Italia

Place

Mantua

Publication

1727

Description

First edition. Hebrew text, with Latin and Italian side-bars. A wide-margined copy.

references

Vinograd, Mantua 340.

summary

Leshon Limudim was Luzzatto’s first appearance in print, composed when the author was just twenty years old. The work is dedicated to Luzzatto’s mentor, Rabbi Isaiah Bassani and includes a poem in honor of the author by David Finzi, who would eventually become Luzzatto’s father-in-law. See Waxman, History of Jewish Literature III, pp. 104-5.

ff. 56, (1). Touch stained. Final errata page laid down. Contemporary calf-backed boards, worn, opening hinge split. 8vo.

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