Bidspirit auction | CHAIM BEN BEZALEL. Sepher HaChaim

CHAIM BEN BEZALEL. Sepher HaChaim [ethics]. FIRST EDITION. Title within woodcut architectural arch. ff. 51, (1). Closely shaved, wormed or stained in places, few marginal repairs affecting few letters. Modern calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Cracow 155; Mehlman 1011. Cracow, Isaac Prostitz, 1593. R. Chaim ben Bezalel (1530-88) the older brother of the celebrated Mahara’l of Prague, studied in Lublin under R. Shlomo Luria (the Maharsha’l) and R. Shalom Shachna, before being appointed Rosh Yeshivah of Worms. Later he served as the rabbi of Friedberg, serving there until his death.