Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Sefer Goren Nachon – Lunéville, 1807

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Sold for: $313
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Sefer Goren Nachon – Correction of the Morals of the Soul by Rabbi Shlomo Ibn Gabirol, with the book "Ethics of the Philosophers" [by Hunayn ibn Ishaq], and the book “The Apple” by Aristotle. Lunéville, [1807].
This is the second edition, the first being printed in Riva Diterento in 1562.
Printed on the title page is the royal emblem of the emperor Napoleon I, who was crowned emperor three years before in December 1804.
20, 4, 4-15, 15-27, [2] leaves. 26 cm. Especially wide margins. Good condition, stains moth damage, tears in title page.
French Jewry and Books Printed in Luneville
French Jewry and Books Printed in Luneville