Hilchoth Shechitah [laws of slaughter]

AUCTION 25 | Monday, October 25th, 2004 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books: The Property of a Gentleman

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Lot 32

MEIR LE-BEITH MEIR

Hilchoth Shechitah [laws of slaughter]

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch. Wide-margined copy. Final leaf contains owners inscriptions and familial dates of birth, dated 1623 in a cursive Sephardic hand ff. (8). Lightly stained. Modern morocco. 12mo. Vinograd Ferrara 9; St. Cat. Bodl. no. 3463

Ferrara: Samuel Gallus (Zarfati) (1552)

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $5,500

The printer Samuel ibn Askarah Zarfati (the Frenchman - Gallus) began printing in Ferrara in 1551. Although he published only six books, they ran across a broad gamut of subjects - medicine, halacha, the interpretation of dreams and philosophy. These are no doubt indicative of the tastes of the Jewish reader in Italy during the 16th century. The final leaf contains a full page of poetry in honor of the author and his work