Mikvah Yisrael [Halachic polemic]

AUCTION 6 | Tuesday, November 17th, 1998 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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SALTERO, JUDAH BEN MOSES OF FANO.

Mikvah Yisrael [Halachic polemic]

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch. The Eliezer Silver copy (founder of the U.S. branch of Agudath Israel) ff. 85. Colsely shaved, occasional marginal worming. Later boards, worn. Sm.4to Vinograd, Venice 1031; Habermann, di Gara 250

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1607

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $450

Concerns a heated dispute with international ramifications over the ritual legality of the Mikve (ritual bath) in Rovigo, Italy. See A. Yaari, Mechkarei Sepher (1958) pp.420-29; Carmilly-Weinberger pp.160-1