(Arba’ah Turim). Yoreh De’ah [Rabbinic Code]. With commentary Beth Yoseph by R. Yoseph Karo.

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 218

JACOB BEN ASHER.

(Arba’ah Turim). Yoreh De’ah [Rabbinic Code]. With commentary Beth Yoseph by R. Yoseph Karo.

Second edition with commentary. Elaborate printer’s mark (Yaari, Hebrew Printer’s Marks p. 18, no. 30). Wide margins. ff. 31, 398. Opening and closing leaves remargined, variously stained, previous owner’s marks. Modern morocco. Thick folio. Vinograd, Venice 491.

Venice: Giovanni Griffio 1564

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,200

Published during the lifetime of R. Joseph Karo with an introduction containing interesting plays on the word “Karo” by R. Shmuel b. Yitzchak Boehm, who states he corrected many mistakes found in the first edition of this work after examining problematic readings with the Gaon R. Meir Katzenellenbogen of Padua. According to Amram (Hebrew Printing in Italy, p. 350) this was one of the first books to be printed following the removal of the ban on Hebrew printing in 1563.