Auction 88 Part 2
By Kedem
Sep 6, 2022
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LOT 330:

HaEmunot VehaDeot by Rabbi Saadia Gaon – First Edition – Constantinople, 1562 – Signature of Rabbi Natan Coronel

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HaEmunot VehaDeot by Rabbi Saadia Gaon – First Edition – Constantinople, 1562 – Signature of Rabbi Natan Coronel

HaEmunot VehaDeot by R. Saadia Gaon. Constantinople: [Solomon son of Isaac Yaavetz, 1562]. First edition.
The first Jewish philosophical work, and one of the classic works on Jewish thought authored in the Middle Ages.
Original composed in Judeo-Arabic, the work was translated in the 11th century and again later by R. Yehuda ibn Tibon. The present edition comprises the latter translation.
On title page, signature of R. Natan Coronel (1810-1890), prominent Jerusalem Torah scholar, communal worker, publisher and emissary.
87, [1] leaves. 18 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming to title page and other leaves, affecting text, repaired in part with paper. Open tear to lower part of title page, and minor open tears to final leaves, not affecting text, repaired with paper. Leaves trimmed close to headings in several places (with loss of one heading). Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding, with minor defects.


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