Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa].

Auction 94 | Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 11:00am

Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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Lot 11

ALASHKAR, MOSHE.

Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Printer’s device on last leaf (Yaari, 20). Scattered marginalia. ff. 199, (1). Title neatly remargined, light stains, trace wormed, previous owners’ marks. Later patterned boards. 4to. Vinograd, Sabbioneta 25.

Sabbionetta: Corneilio Adelkind for Tobias Foa 1554

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

A classical work of responsa on various interesting topics. (Case no. 1): Whether a young woman who converted during the Inquisition is permitted to wed a Priest (Kohen) as she is deemed to have had improper sexual relations. Appended are a number of scarce liturgical and penitential poems. The final prayer (p. 198b) refers to the Author’s expulsion from Spain and his travails in North Africa when he was saved from the “depths of the sea” and rescued from the “prisoners pit “ whilst in captivity.