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LUZZATTO, MOSES CHAIM. (RaMCHa”L). Leshon Limudim [rules of poetry, with Kabbalistic influence] First edition. Hebrew text, with Latin and Italian side-bars. A wide-margined copy. ff. 56, (1). Touch stained. Final errata page laid down. Contemporary calf-backed boards, worn, opening hinge split. 8vo. Vinograd, Mantua 340. Mantua: Raphael Hayim D’Italia 1727 Leshon Limudim was Luzzatto’s first appearance in print, composed when the author was just twenty years old. The work is dedicated to Luzzatto’s mentor, Rabbi Isaiah Bassani and includes a poem in honor of the author by David Finzi, who would eventually become Luzzatto’s father-in-law. See Waxman, History of Jewish Literature III, pp. 104-5. Leshon Limudim was Luzzatto’s first appearance in print, composed when the author was just twenty years old. The work is dedicated to Luzzatto’s mentor, Rabbi Isaiah Bassani and includes a poem in honor of the author by David Finzi, who would eventually become Luzzatto’s father-in-law. See Waxman, History of Jewish Literature III, pp. 104-5.