Sha’arei Dura [Rabbinic Code]. With commentaries

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

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

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Lot 162

ISAAC BEN MEIR OF DÜREN.

Sha’arei Dura [Rabbinic Code]. With commentaries

Second edition. Printer’s device of seven-branched candelabrum on title (Yaari, Hebrew Printers' Marks 14). On title, signature of former owners "Raphael Rovigo" and "Samuel Foa." On final page, signature of censor "Dominico Irosolimitano, 1598" (Wm. Poppers,The Censorship of Hebrew Books, Censors' Inscriptions, Pl. IV, no. 1). The Israel Mehlman copy. ff. 64. Wormed, old tape repairs, some text affected. Modern boards. 8vo. Vinograd, Venice 359.

Venice: Meir Parenzo 1548

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $400

A partial Code, dealing with dietary and menstrual laws, composed in the latter part of the 13th-century, it is considered most authoritative and is often quoted by the final codifiers. Sources and reasons for decisions are provided, the authorities quoted are almost entirely Franco-German. See EJ, Vol. VI, col. 261-262.