Aharon Azriel. Kaphei Aharon [responsa]. Vol. II. ff. (2), 171. <<Bound with>> (as issued): Bnei Yoseph. ff. 20.

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Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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(UZIEL, YOSEF RAFAEL).

Aharon Azriel. Kaphei Aharon [responsa]. Vol. II. ff. (2), 171. <<Bound with>> (as issued): Bnei Yoseph. ff. 20.

<<A special, bibliophilic copy>> printed with extra wide margins. Specially bound for <<Dayan Yosef Raphael Uziel>> (see below). Original green calf tooled in gilt, including Hebrew name: “R. Yoseph Raphael Uziel.” Ex-library. Tall folio. Slip-case. Halevy 553.

Jerusalem: 1886

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $400

R. Yoseph Raphael Uziel (1821-94) was Av Beth Din of the Sephardi community of Jerusalem. His son, Rav Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880-1953), rose to become Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine, and after 1948, occupied the same position in the newly-formed State of Israel.