Beschreibung:

JUDAH LOEW BEN BEZALEL (THE MAHARAL OF PRAGUE). Netivot olam [systematic work on the ethics of Judaism]. Prague: Gershom ben Bezalel Katz, 1596. 131 leaves; title within architectual woodcut border. Folio, 302 x 179 mm. (11 7/8 x 7 in.), old calf, spine with red morocco lettering piece and green morocco label (with the intials "JK"), light wear to joints and spine ends; margin of title and a few other pages patched, library (?) stamp on title erased, approximately a dozen fore-margins and some gutter-margins reinforced, stained and browned throughout, some small burnholes (affecting a few letters). FIRST EDITION. Vinograd, Prague 81; Steinschneider 6153,13; Cowley 399; Zedner 404; Roest 623; Yudlov, Ginzei Yisrael 1199; Muneles p.23.