Teshuvoth HaRaDa”CH [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 187

HAKOHEN, DAVID OF CORFU.

Teshuvoth HaRaDa”CH [responsa].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Title set within Soncino’s striking woodcut historiated border. Wide margins. Despite few faults, an attractive copy with wider margins. Few small wormholes, trace stained, title with previous owner’s marks. Modern boards. 4to. Vonograd, Const. 160.

Constantinople: Eliezer ben Gershom Soncino 1537

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $5,500

David ben Chaim HaKohen (beg. 15th century) was rabbi at Corfu and later in Patras, Greece. He was a disciple of the great halachist R. Judah Mintz (MaHaR”I Mintz). The title page of these responsa tells of the miraculous rescue of the manuscript from fire in the home of the author’s son R. Chaim Cohen in Adrianople (Edirne), Turkey. There is a typographical curiosity on ff.183v.-184r: Unlike the rest of the book, the text is double-spaced rather than single-spaced.