Sha’arei Dura [Rabbinic Code]. With commentaries

AUCTION 14 | Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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ISAAC BEN MEIR OF DÜREN.

Sha’arei Dura [Rabbinic Code]. With commentaries

Second edition. Preinter’s device depicting a candelabra on title (Yaari no. 14) ff. 64. Stained in places, previous owners Latin annotation on title. Recent cloth, discolored. 8vo Vinograd, Venice 359; Adams I-174

Venice: Meir Parenzo 1548

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $500

A partial Code, dealing with laws that affect the daily life of the Jew and especially his conduct at home. It is one of a small number of German codes produced during the 14th and 15th centuries considered authoritative and quoted by the final codifiers. Sources and reasons for decisions are provided, the authorities quoted are almost entirely Franco-German