(Chief Rabbi of Egypt). Darchei Noam [responsa]. With supplement: Kuntress BeMishpat Yemei HaMilah [on circumcision] by Abraham HaLevi (son of the author).

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MORDECHAI HALEVI.

(Chief Rabbi of Egypt). Darchei Noam [responsa]. With supplement: Kuntress BeMishpat Yemei HaMilah [on circumcision] by Abraham HaLevi (son of the author).

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Diagram of Temple on verso of title. <<Additional unrecorded Temple diagram>> at end. Addendum with separate title-page. ff. 282, 41, (1). Previous owner’s marks, stained in places, final leaf wormed. Bound in Valmadonna-custom calf-backed marbled boards. Sm. folio. Vinograd, Venice 1490.

Venice: Bragadin 1697

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $650

The Egyptian born author (d. 1684) served for several decades as Rabbi and Dayan in Cairo before moving to Jerusalem where he died. This, his only published work, is a valuable insight into contemporary Jewish life in Egypt and was often cited by many later rabbinic authorities.