Bidspirit auction | SHEM TOV BEN YOSEPH SHEM

SHEM TOV BEN YOSEPH SHEM TOV. Drashoth HaTorah [sermons to the Chumash and on repentance]. Second edition. Letters of title historiated, title within wreathed architectural columns, printer’s mark. Opening word of each of the Five Books within decorative border. Stamp of Daniel Itzig (successful German-Jewish banker and book collector, 1773-99). With inscription on last page by R. Eliakim Getz 1643-1705, see https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/אליקום_גץ . ff. 81. Title lightly discolored. Modern linen boards. Sm. folio. Vinograd, Venice 308. Venice, Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani, 1547. Spanish born R. Shem Tov ben Yoseph Shem Tov, who flourished in the mid-15th century, lived in Segovia and Almazan. As a philosopher, he was a follower of the Ramba'm, even though both his father and his grandfather were among Maimonides' most uncompromising opponents.