Sha’iloth U’Teshuvoth Mahari”l [responsa].

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

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

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Lot 164

MOELLIN, JACOB.

Sha’iloth U’Teshuvoth Mahari”l [responsa].

Title surrounded by four-piece vignettes border. ff. (8), 79. Misbound but complete. Previous owners’ marks, light waterstains, trace wormed. Modern vellum. 8vo. Vinograd, Cremona 4; Benayahu, Cremona 3.

Cremona: Vicenzo Conti 1556

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $500

The Mahari”l (c.1360-1427) was the leading rabbi of his generation and founder of a Yeshiva in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Deeply respected for his mastery of Halakha, his rabbinic rulings are considered foundational for the customs of Ashkenazic Jewry.