Piskei Halachoth [rabbinic law].

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RECANATI, MENACHEM.

Piskei Halachoth [rabbinic law].

<<First Edition.>> First word within floriated surround. Wide margins. Signed by censors at end, censorship erasures often replaced in an early hand. ff. (12), 62. Trace wormed, few stains. Few scattered stains. Modern morocco-backed boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Bologna 12.

Bologna: The (Silk) Partners 1538

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

First edition of the Piskei Halachoth, an important repository of Franco-German Halachic tradition. Later editions have been heavily censored, indeed lacking entire chapters. The majority of the censored material pertains to Gentiles, or to Jews who have converted to Christianity. See Y. Lipschitz, Piskei Hilchot Recanti in: Moriah, Vol. VIII nos. 6-7 (1979) pp. 2-9.