<<(RI”F).>> Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code].

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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ALFASI, YITZCHAK

<<(RI”F).>> Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code].

Complete in three volumes. With commentaries of Rashi, R. Nissim Gerondi and R. Jonah Gerondi. Edited by Joseph Ottolenghi. Titles with Card. Christofil Madrucci’s seal and cherubs. Occasional marginalia, censored. Stained in places, stamps removed, titles repaired (esp. vol. 2). Uniform modern calf. Folio. Vinograd, Riva di Trento 1.

Riva di Trento: Bruin & Marcaria 1558

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

The first Hebrew book printed in Riva di Trento. The RI”F is the most significant Halachic compendium prior to the Yad HaChazakah of Maimonides. R. Yoseph Caro regarded R. Alfasi’s scholarship with the utmost respect and determined the laws in his Shulchan Aruch upon his authority.