Sefer Mitzvoth Katan (SeMa"K) [“Small Book of Precepts”]

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00

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

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Lot 463

(ISAAC BEN JOSEPH OF CORBEIL)

Sefer Mitzvoth Katan (SeMa"K) [“Small Book of Precepts”]

Ashkenazic square and cursive Hebrew hand with bold headings On vellum. Marginalia including lengthy note in black ink p.67 ff. 76. Few pages with tears occasionally affecting words, rubbed and worn. Final leaves wormed and dampsoiled. Later calf-backed wooden boards. Sm.8vo

Franco-German: 14th Century

Est: $15,000 - $18,000

PRICE REALIZED $12,500

Isaac of Corbeil (SeMa”K), the son-in-law of Rabbi Jechiel of Paris, was one of the great French codifiers of the 13th century. His work attained wide popularity providing the masses with a concise halachic compendium interspersed with ethical homilies