(RaSHBa”TZ). Sepher HaTaSHBba”’TZ [responsa]

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Lot 73

DURAN, SHIMON BEN TZEMACH

(RaSHBa”TZ). Sepher HaTaSHBba”’TZ [responsa]

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural border. Divisional ornamental woodcut title featuring lions, foliage and crown (partly missing and supplied by hand). Four parts in one volume. The Rabbi Joseph Breuer copy, with his stamp. Bound in original colored “Fish-skin” binding with tooled floral decorations ff. (12), 91; (1), 69, (1); (1), 68, (1); (1), 101, (1). Small portion of border of first title supplied in manuscript, dampstained. Hairline cracks in spine. Thick folio Vinograd, Amsterdam 1490

Amsterdam: Naphtali Herz Levi Rofe 1738

Est: $2,500 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,200

R. Shimon ben Zemach Duran (RaSHBa”TZ), a Spanish exile who settled in Algiers in 1391, was one of the most authoritative North African decisors of the 15th century. Popular lore has suggested, that in merit of Duran’s respect for holy books, his own works were beautifully bound. Concerning the existence of typographical variances, see D. Yardeni, Alei Seipher vol. X, pp.119-32. This Copy with Original Binding in Unusually Bright Condition