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LOT 151:
LEON, MESSER DAVID BEN JUDAH Tehillah Le’David ...
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LEON, MESSER DAVID BEN JUDAH
Tehillah Le’David [philosophy].
FIRST EDITION.
This copy with the four rare additional leaves of sermons at end.
THE RABBI NACHUM DOV-BER FRIEDMAN OF SADIGURA COPY with his alternating stamps on title. Formerly in the Schocken library.
ff. 108, 4. Mispaginated, though complete. Stained in places, marginal repair to title and final leaf. Recent tan half-calf boards. Sm. 4to.
Vinograd, Constantinople, 269.
Constantinople, Joseph Javetz, 1576.
David Messer Leon (c. 1470-1526), ordained rabbi aged eighteen, devoted Kabbalist, as well as admirer of Maimonides, boasted a comprehensive knowledge of general culture - particularly philosophy, and an affection for poetry and music. Much of his writings has remained unpublished.
Tehillah Le’David, which was published by the author's grandson, comprises three parts: The first deals with the prominence of the Law; the second with the elements of Faith - which the author regards as superior to speculative reasoning; and the third part focuses upon the principles of the Divine Attributes, Providence and Free Will.
See I. Zinberg, A History of Jewish Literature, Vol. IV, Italian Jewry in the Renaissance Era (1974) pp. 91-8.
Provenance:
Kestenbaum Sale 20, Important Hebrew Books from the Library of the late Salman Schocken, Lot 21.
