Reshit Hokhmah, R. Elijah b. Moshe de Vidas, Amsterdam 1737
ראשית חכמה
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- Lot Number 51805
- Title (English) Reshit Hokhmah
- Title (Hebrew) ראשית חכמה
- Author R. Elijah b. Moshe de Vidas
- City Amsterdam
- Publisher דפוס יתמי שלמה כ"ץ פרופס
- Publication Date 1737
- Estimated Price - Low 200
- Estimated Price - High 500
- Item # 2030079
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Physical Description
[1], 5, 334 ff., quarto, 202:124 mm., nice margins, damp and age staining, old hands, small loss in lower title. A fair copy bound in contemporary leather over boards, rubbed and split.
Detail Description
R. Vidas' book is written in an easy and engaging style, avoiding metaphors. It was immediately accepted as one of the most important books on morals and was printed some 40 times. The first edition was printed in Venice in 1579 during the author's lifetime. The date of R. Vidas' death is still unknown. Because of its great length, his book was summarized several times: Reshit Hokhmah Kazar (Venice, 1600), completed in 1580 in Asti, Italy, by R. Jacob b. Mordecai Poggetti; Tappuhei Zahav, by R. Jehiel Melli (Mantua, 1623); Toze'ot Hayyim (Cracow, before 1650) by R. Jacob Luzzatto, a preacher in Poznan. These three summaries were published many times.
Hebrew Description
... ועתה נדפס מחדש פעם חמישית [!] בתוספות הגהה ... עם פירוש מספיק על כל מלות קשים ופי’ הענין על מאמרי רז"ל ונקרא שמו ... לדעת חכמה, שחיבר התורני כה"רר מנחם מן בן שלמה הלוי [אמלאנדר] ...
הפירוש "לדעת חכמה" נדפס כמעט בכל ההוצאות הבאות.
References
Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000130504; EJ