<<(RaSHBa’TZ).>> Sepher HaTaSHBe’TZ [responsa]. <<Appended:>> Chut HaMeshulash [responsa by later Algerian authorities: Solomon Duran, Solomon Serour and Abraham ibn Tawah]

Auction 96 | Wednesday, February 09th, 2022 at 1:00pm

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

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Lot 249

DURAN, SHIMON BEN TZEMACH

<<(RaSHBa’TZ).>> Sepher HaTaSHBe’TZ [responsa]. <<Appended:>> Chut HaMeshulash [responsa by later Algerian authorities: Solomon Duran, Solomon Serour and Abraham ibn Tawah]

<<FIRST EDITION>>. Four parts in one volume. Title within engraved architectural border depicting the Biblical personages of Moses, Aaron, David and Solomon. Divisional title in ornamental woodcut featuring lions, foliage and crown. Two other divisional titles in typographical borders. <<Bound in original “Fish-skin” tinted vellum binding with tooled floral decoration.>> ff. (11), 91; 69, (1); 68, (1); (1), 36, (2), 39-83, (1), 85-101, (1). Folio. Vinograd, Amsterdam 1490.

Amsterdam: Naphtali Herz Levi Rophe 1738-41

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,800

<<Beautiful 18th-century Dutch tinted vellum binding.>> In 1391, R. Shimon b. Zemach (1361-1444) fled his native Spain (Isle of Majorca) for Algiers, where he became one of the foremost halachic decisors of North African Jewry. Popular lore has suggested that in the merit of the author’s deep respect for holy books, his own works were always beautifully bound. Interestingly, all copies of this book were ornamented and decorated in such a way that no two are the same.