Kinor Na'im Helek 2: Kolel Shirim Ve-Matsevot - Poesie ed Epitaffii Opera Postuma
Padua: Crescini, 1879. Hardcover. 8vo. 392pp. Modern green library binding with gold lettering on spine. Volume 2 of a collection of posthumous Hebrew poems by the great 19th century Italian Jewish scholar R. Samuel David Luzzatto (Shadal). These poems cover a variety of topics such as the Ten Commendments, prayer and the Temple. Along with R. Samson Raphael Hirsch, Luzzatto was one of the founding figures of Modern-Orthodox Judaism, which sought to reconcile post-Enlightenment values with traditional Judaism. Text in Hebrew and Italian. Title-page strengthened. Page 1 and final leaf, page 391, supplied in facsimile. Errata leaf tipped in. Leaves slightly foxed. Overall in good condition. g. Item #35169
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