Tiferet Yisrael – First Edition, Published in the Lifetime of...

Tiferet Yisrael – First Edition, Published in the Lifetime of the Author, the Maharal of Prague – Venice, 1599

Tiferet Yisrael, on the virtue of Torah and Mitzvot, by R. Yehuda Loew – the Maharal of Prague. Venice: Daniel Zanetti, [1599]. First edition, printed in the author's lifetime.
Handwritten inscription on title page. Two signatures on second leaf, one damaged by marginal open tear.

65 leaves. 27.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Some worming, affecting text. Open tear to title page, affecting title frame, repaired with paper. Margins of title page trimmed, affecting illustrated frame (bottom margins folded and partially stuck to leaf). Marginal open tear to second leaf. Old binding with leather spine and corners, with damage. Ex libris label.

Only book of the Maharal printed in his lifetime in Venice.

This copy includes leaf 65 at end of book, which is lacking in many copies.