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15465968Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg 1546. First edition. Very Good/First printed edition editio princeps of the 11th century commentary on portions of the pentateuch by the Bulgarian poet and Talmudist Tobiah ben Eliezer. Published by the house of the seminal printer of Hebrew books Daniel Bomberg under the supervision of his scholar-in-residence extraordinaire Cornelio Adelkind. Venetian law at this time limited Hebrew publishing to Gentile printers. Bomberg a protestant from Antwerp entered this lucrative market and with Adelkind's help became its prime exponent until his death in 1549. . Folio 32 cm; 93 leaves. Text in Hebrew. Title within architectural border reproduced in Amram "Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy" p. 215 also in the Jewish Museum's 1989 exhibition catalogue "Gardens and Ghettos: the Art of Jewish Life in Italy" page 50. Some section headings within ornamental borders. Bound in c19 or c20 dark red crushed morocco ruled in gilt and decorated with arabesques on both boards; spine with raised bands and compartments tooled and titled in gilt; green polished leather doublures with red crushed morocco dentelles bordered in pointillé accented with arabesques; green moiré free endleaves. Edges gilt. Binding not signed. Joints and crown adroitly reinforced with Japanese paper; corners somewhat worn down. Occasional contemporary notes in manuscript in text; brief stain on leaf mem-tet and lightly along the bottom edge of leaves nun-bet and nun-gimmel. Text otherwise pristine. Title page light possibly washed. Old library ink stamps from an institution in Warsaw on title page. Red morocco ex-libris of mining magnate and philanthropist Adolph Lewisohn 1849-1938. References: Adams T-766; BM Italian 674; Steinschneider 7304 #1; Amram 215 illustration and 222. Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg hardcover books
152367625First Edition of this" Book of Education" Rearranging the 613 Commandments of Maimonides BEN JOSEPH HA-LEVI OF BARCELONA Pinhas. BEN JOSEPH HA-LEVI Aharon. MAIMONIDES association Sefer ha-Hinnukh. Venice: Daniel Bomburg 283 i.e. 1523. First edition. Quarto in eights 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches; 230 x 175 mm. 179 leaves. Possibly lacking a final blank but textually complete. This book being an arrangement of the 613 commandments of Maimonides was originally attributed to Aharon Ben Joseph ha-Levi the brother of Pinhas. Text in Hebrew in two columns. Only one complete copy that we could find in the traditional auction houses the last fifty years which was at Sothebys on December 1 2008 and sold for $21250. Full modern brick-red sheep. Boards panel-ruled in blind. Boards with gilt tooled frame and gilt woven center devices. Gilt floral corner devices to boards. Spine ruled in gilt and blind and gilt floral devices in four compartments. Board edges ruled in gilt. Title-page the following leaf and the final leaf with inner margin repair. Some light marginal stains to preliminary leaves and some mostly marginal dampstaining to the final 40 approx leaves. Small red pencil note on the verso of the title-page and some pencil notations on the verso of the final leaf. Overall a very good copy. This text Sefer ha-Hinnukh Book of Education is a rearrangement of the 613 commandments of Maimonides in the Sefer ha-Mitzvot Book of Commandments. They are listed according to the weekly Torah portion. "Sefer Ha-Hinnikh one of the most popular books on the reasons for the commandments written in the thirteenth century.it is directed to students ages eighteen through twenty and is a prÈcis of Moses Maimonides work on the rational nature of the commandments. Sefer Ha-Hinnukh stresses observance of the commandments and says that performance should precede intention. A person must not try to calculate the reward for the fulfillment of a commandment but may consider its reasons. The author recommends that students read the book on Sabbath eves so that they will not run wild in the streets and states that the book is also of value to adults as a source for the study of halakhah." The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion HBS 67625. $22500 Daniel Bomburg hardcover books
