Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law]. Yoreh De’ah
AUCTION 5 |
Tuesday, June 23rd,
1998 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 180
KARO, JOSEPH
Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law]. Yoreh De’ah
Salonika: Joseph Ya’abetz 1568
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Yudlov notes (no. 778) the Mehlman copy to be similarly incomplete. Indeed he states that no complete copy is extant. As a young man, Joseph Karo resided briefly in Salonika, where he came under the influence of the important Talmudic scholar and Kabbalist Joseph Taitazek.