<<(Ra’N).>> 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
Lot 171
GERONDI, NISSIM
<<(Ra’N).>> Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa].
Constantinople: Moses Parnas Harofe 1548
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,400
R. Nissim ben Reuben Gerondi (1310? -1375?) acted in an unofficial capacity as rabbi and Dayan in Barcelona. This edition combined the responsa of the first Rome edition along with those cited in Teshuvoth HaRivash (Constantinople 1546-7). Reflecting the social-history of the period, these responsa particularly focus upon the economic difficulties of the Jewish community of Barcelona during the second half of the 14th-century.