(MaHaRIVaL). Shailoth U’Teshuvoth MeHaR”I ibn Lev [responsa]. Part III (only).
AUCTION 79 |
Thursday, November 15th,
2018 at 1:00 PM
The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 59
IBN Lev, Joseph ben David
(MaHaRIVaL). Shailoth U’Teshuvoth MeHaR”I ibn Lev [responsa]. Part III (only).
Constantinople: Solomon and Joseph Ya’avetz 1573
Est: $600 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $1,400
Born in Macedonia and later settling in Salonika and then Constantinople, the author (1505–80) who taught in the in the yeshivah founded by Doña Gracia (Mendes) Nasi was one of the greatest scholars of his time. The Chid”a in his Shem HaGedolim states that three scholars of that generation (all coincidentally named Yoseph) were capable of penning a work of the magnitude of the Beith Yoseph: R. Yoseph Karo, R. Yoseph Taitatzak and R. Yoseph ibn Lev.
This multi-volumed responsa was first published in 1561, however for further bibliographic debate on the issue see Mehlman 748; Genuzoth Sepharim p.106, no. 162 and Areshet Vol. V p. 485, no. 162.