Shailoth U’Teshuvoth HaGeonim Bathrai [collected responsa].

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

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

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Lot 349

(RESPONSA).

Shailoth U’Teshuvoth HaGeonim Bathrai [collected responsa].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> ff. (22), Worn, several leaves repaired with some loss. Recent boards. 4to. Vinograd, Turka 3.

Turka (Ukraine): Yehoshua Heschel ben Zevi Hirsch 1764

Est: $300 - $500

Contains responsa from rabbis Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller (Tosfoth Yom-Tov), Joel Sirkes (Ba”CH), David Segal (Ta”Z) and others, collected in manuscript by R. Aryeh Leib Gunzberg (Sha’agath Aryeh). One of only ten Hebrew books printed (1757-70) in this small town located in the western Ukraine. See A. Oppenheimer, The Hebrew Press in Turka, Alei Sefer, No. 8 (1980) pp. 95-110.