Sepher Agur [Halachic Code].

Auction 96 | Wednesday, February 09th, 2022 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 306
LANDAU, YA’AKOV.

Sepher Agur [Halachic Code].

The Israel Mehlman copy. ff. 132. Lacking final final four leaves (Sepher Chazon). Wormed, few stains, title laid down. Modern boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 261.

Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Giustiniani 1546

Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $400
The last rabbinic code written by a German scholar before the Shulchan Aruch was compiled, the Sepher Agur follows the order of the Tur and contains fourteen hundred and thirty nine sections, primarily focusing upon ritual, the laws of the Sabbath and the Festivals. The author’s intention was to add the decisions of the later German scholars, such as the Mahari’l and R. Yisrael Isserlein, which has been been omitted by R. Ya’akov ben Asher’s Tur.