Divrei Rivoth [responsa]

Auction 85 | Thursday, November 07th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 5

ADARBI, ISAAC

Divrei Rivoth [responsa]

Second edition. Title within woodcut architectural arch. Occasional marginalia in an Italian hand. Signed by censor at end. ff. 198 (i.e. 200). Dampstained in places, lightly browned, upper margin of title expertly repaired. Later mottled calf, rebacked. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 703.

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1587

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $400

Important collection of 430 responsa. The author (1510-1584?), Rabbi of the Lisbon Jewish congregation in Salonika, was a disciple of R. Joseph Taitatzak and a colleague of R. Samuel de Medina (MaHaRaSHDa”M). R. Adarbi many times takes exception to the latter’s rulings. See EJ, Vol. II, col. 254.