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

She'elot LeheChacham Shaul HaKohen – Venice, 1574 – Only Edition – Incomplete Copy

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She'elot LeheChacham R. Shaul HaKohen, commentaries on Moreh Nevuchim by Don Yitzchak Abarbanel. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1574. Only edition.
The present copy contains the first part of the book, including philosophical questions R. Shaul HaKohen of Crete (a disciple of R. Eliyahu del Medigo) asked Don Yitzchak Abarbanel, along with the latter's responses, including commentary by the latter on the Rambam's Moreh Nevuchim. The second part of the book, with more commentaries on Moreh Nevuchim by various authors, is lacking in the present copy.
Inscriptions on title page, verso on title page and last leaf.
Handwritten corrections in several places.

Partial copy. 26 leaves. Lacking 31 leaves (the second part of the book). 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including many dark dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Inner margins of title page repaired with paper. New binding.

CB, no. 5302, 50.
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries