(’Tosfos Yom-Tov’). Ma’amar Bechinath Olam [Commentary to Yedaiah Bedarsi’s ethical work].

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: $1,900

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author

HELLER, YOM TOV LIPMANN

printer

n.p.

Place

Prague

Publication

1598

Description

FIRST EDITION of commentary.

references

Vinograd, Prague 92.

summary

An important commentary on this classic of medieval Jewish thought. The Bechinath Olam is a profound poetic composition on the futility and vanity of the world and the inestimably greater benefits that can be derived via intellectual and religious pursuits.

ff. 64. Heavily browned, marginal repairs to opening few leaves with loss of text supplied in facsimile in places. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Sm. 4to.

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