Hilchoth Shechitah / Hilchoth Bedikah...Beshailoth Uteshuvoth

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 636

MAPAZZIPICHO, ISAAC BEN JUDAH

Hilchoth Shechitah / Hilchoth Bedikah...Beshailoth Uteshuvoth

Skillfully illustrated by Jacob Israel ben Joseph Chaim Montefiore. Italian square Hebrew script. Hebrew text with Italian translation in a refined and florid hand. Two parts in one. Two titles, first with pen-and-ink illustration of a pair of fowl, second title with pen-and-ink illustration of a large-horned ox. f.2r of second part with colored illustration of the Lung (relating to the potential defects that would render the animal non-Kosher). Manuscript concludes with a pair of decorative colored tablets pp.24 and 92 (excluding blank pages). Browned, few neat paper repairs. Contemporary straight-grain morocco, gilt extra, marbled endpapers, rubbed. 8vo

Ancona: 19th century

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

A very finely produced manuscript. The Laws of Slaughtering and Inspection are set out in a schematic style by way of a question and answer format. The artistry is unusually proficient for a manuscript of this nature