Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures

Neveh Shalom (by Rabbi Avraham Shalom) – Venice, 1574

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Neveh Shalom, philosophical work on faith, kabbalah and nature, the virtues of the Torah, prophecy and the sacrifices, by R. Avraham son of R. Yitzchak Shalom [a rabbi of Spain, died the year of the expulsion]. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1574. Second edition.
Handwritten inscriptions on title page and p. 1a.
Censorship expurgations.

128, 131-193, [1], 193-208, 211-214, [1], [11] leaves. Lacking last [4] leaves of index of verses and colophon. 20.5 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Wear to margins of some leaves. Worming to title page and several other leaves. Small marginal tears to several leaves. New binding.

CB, no. 4311, 2; Zedner, p. 19; Roest, p. 26.
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries