Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

AUCTION 30 | Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books and Manuscripts

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ALSHEICH, MOSES.

Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

FIRST EDITION. Title within woodcut wreathed architectural arch. Signatures include: Moshe, son of Yehudah Leib Ha-Kohen, author of Sifthei Cohen ff. 243. Light stains, some worming, Modern morocco. 4to Vinograd, Venice 998; Habermann, di Gara 239

Venice : Giovanni di Gara 1605

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $650

This collection contains important responsa, see especially ff.195-98, the discussion concerning “ethrog ha-murkav” (a grafted ethrog), a contentious issue to this day