(MaHaRaSHa”CH OF SALONIKA). Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]. Three parts in three volumes
AUCTION 11 |
Tuesday, November 28th,
2000 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 136
SOLOMON BEN ABRAHAM HAKOHEN
(MaHaRaSHa”CH OF SALONIKA). Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]. Three parts in three volumes
Salonika & Venice: D. Azubib, G. di Gara & M. Bath-Sheva 1586-1594
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
PRICE REALIZED $3,500
Having printed the first volume of this work of responsa with the short-lived Printing House of David Azubib in his home town of Salonika, the author sent the second volume to be printed in Venice. When Matathias Bath-Sheva and Sons established a printing operation in Salonika in 1592, R. Solomon, as he states in his introduction to the addenda of Volume II, saw no reason to continue the Venetian commission and thus they, along with the final volume of the work, were printed in Salonika. The 29 leaf addenda to Volume II was the first work printed by the House of Bath-Sheva. See I. Mehlman, Gnuzot Sepharim (1973) pp.73-5.
In his Shem Ha’Gedolim, CHAIM JOSEPH DAVID AZULAI cites R. Jacob Alfandari: “For us...the MaHaRaSHa”CH is considered as the...RO”SH.”