Teshuvoth Shailoth [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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MIZRACHI, ELIYAHU.

Teshuvoth Shailoth [responsa].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Wide-Margined Copy. Previous owner’s stamps including R. Chaim Berlin and R. Elia Yehuda Alter of Biala. ff. 158. Wanting, as all copies, the canceled leaves 109 and 110 (see below). Stained in places, title remargined, last leaf and f.2 with taped repairs. Modern calf. Folio. Vinograd, Const. 217.

Constantinople: Solomon ben Isaac Ya’abetz 1560

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

R. Elijah Mizrachi’s responsa, written amidst the turbulence of the Spanish Inquisition, are of great historic interest as they concern the Jewish exiles who found sanctuary in Constantinople. The canceled leaves 109-10 (responsum 66) are extant in only two copies worldwide. They contain the author’s protestations concerning his son’s alleged conversion to Islam.