CHAIM BEN BEZALEL.

Sepher HaChaim [ethics].
First Edition. Title within woodcut architectural arch. With signature of Rabbi Shmuel Helman of Metz.
ff. 51, (1). Browned and stained in places, previous owners' marks, closely shaved occasionally affecting footers. Bound in Valmadonna-custom blind-tooled chestnut calf with gilt embellishments. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Cracow 155; Mehlman 1011.
Cracow: Isaac Prostitz 1593
R. Chaim ben Bezalel (1530-88) was the brother of the celebrated Mahara"l of Prague. He studied in Lublin under R. Solomon Luria (the Maharsha’l) and R. Shalom Shachna before being appointed Rosh Yeshivah of Worms, later he served as the rabbi of Friedberg.