Auction 79
THE VALMADONNA TRUST LIBRARY: FURTHER SELECTIONS FROM THE HISTORIC COLLECTION. * HEBREW PRINTING IN AMERICA. * GRAPHIC & CEREMONIAL ART
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LOT 18:
BACHIAH BEN JOSEPH IBN PAQUDA.
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BACHIAH BEN JOSEPH IBN PAQUDA.
Chovoth HaLevavoth. Translated by Judah ibn Tibbon.
Title set within architectural arch. Opening and rear blanks with lengthy manuscript entries comprising extracts from the Zohar and Talmud.
ff. 103. Few light stains. Bound in Valmadonna-custom chestnut blind-tooled calf, titled in gilt on spine. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Mantua 62.
Mantua: n.p. 1559
An attractive copy of this classic work, with new corrections plus seven leaves of indices to Bible and Talmud.===Throughout the ages, Chovoth HaLevavoth enjoyed wide popularity in a variety of circles, although in later centuries Eastern European Jews would shy away from the introductory Sha’ar HaYichud, which is of a decidedly philosophical nature, and instead focus on the remainder of the work, centered upon ethical guidance.
