Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

AUCTION 7 | Tuesday, June 22nd, 1999 at 1:00

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

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Lot 284

ASCHKENAZI, BEZALEL BEN ABRAHAM

Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

FIRST EDITION. Printer’s device on title - escutcheon with three fleurs-de-lys surmounted by crown (not in Yaari, Printer’s Marks), surrounded by elaborate ornamental border ff. 114.Trimmed and stained, final two leaves marginally repaired. Modern boards. Sm. folio Vinograd, Venice 813; not in Adams

Venice: Matteo Zanetti and Comin Presegno (1595)

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $550

The highly wrought title-page was a hallmark of the Zanetti family of printers. The author succeeded Chaim Vital as leader of the Jerusalem Community in 1587. His relentless pursuit of old manuscripts, even hiring scribes to assist in copying and editing, resulted in his magnum opus, the Shitah Mekubetzeth