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Lot #    5717
Auction End Date    10/8/2003 11:28:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Mesillat Yesharim
Title (Hebrew)    מסילת ישרים
Author    R. Moses Hayyim Luzzatto (Ramhal)
City    Mantua
Publisher    Samuel Eliezer of Italia
Publication Date    1781
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    35, 39-49 ff., octavo, 175:120 mm., light age staining. A very good copy bound in the original half leather boards, rubbed.
          
Detailed
Description		    Classical ethical work by R. Moses Hayyim Luzzatto (Ramhal, 1707–1746). It was the opinion of the Vilna Gaon, (Gr”a) that, because of the Mesillat Yesharim, R. Luzzato had a greater understanding of the tenets of Judaism than could be attained by any other mortal. Furthermore, the Gr”a stated that if Luzzatto were alive in his generation, he would go to him, from Vilna to Italy, by foot, in order to sit at his feet and learn from him. The title page is dated, “for from it are the issues of life תוצאות חיים (541=1781)” (Proverbs 4:23). The title pages says that this is the second edition, but that is not correct, having been preceded by the Amsterdam (1640) and Zolkiew (1766) editions. The volume concludes with an index of the chapters and an index of the contents by chapter.

The Mesillat Yesharim has been frequently reprinted and translated into a number of languages, including several English translations.

          
Paragraph 2    על-פי אמשטרדם ת"ק בהשמטת ההקדמות,השירים וה"חתימה". בספרייה האוניברסיטאית של פאדובה, טופס שבשערו הפרט: כי ממנו תוצ'א'ו'ת' ח'י'ים' [תקמ"ז].
          
Reference
Description		    Ben-Menahem, Kitvei Ramhal pp. 70 no. 129; Vinograd, Mantua 516; CD-EPI 0175425
        
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Listing Classification
Period
  
18th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Italy:    Checked
  
Subject
Other:    Ethics
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica