Apr 12, 2010 - Sale 2210

Sale 2210 - Lot 185

Price Realized: $ 2,880
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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
EZOBI, YEHOSEPH BEN HANAN BEN NATHAN. Rabi Ioseph Hyssopaeus Parpinianensis iudaeorum poeta dulcissimus ex hebraica lingua in latina[m] traductus a Ioanne Reuchlin Phorcensi. Printer's woodcut device on last page. [8] leaves. Small 4to, 19th-century 1/4 sheep, spine worn; repair in blank portion of last leaf. (Tübingen: Thomas Anshelm, 1512)
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first edition in latin of Ka'arat kesef, the best-known hymn by a 13th-century Provençal Jewish liturgical author, translated by the German humanist scholar and Hebraist Johann Reuchlin. "In this poem, Ezobi appeals to his son to follow the ways of the Torah. He warns him not to be misled by Greek philosophy, and encourages him to learn grammar, to study the Talmud and its commentators"--EJ VI, 1104.