Sepher Rav Alfas [Rabbinic Code]

AUCTION 31 | Tuesday, December 13th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew and Other Printed Books

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ALFASI, ISAAC BEN JACOB (RI”F).

Sepher Rav Alfas [Rabbinic Code]

Three volumes. * With: Another copy of Vol. III, with additional leaves containing full page woodcut illustrations of a falcon and a crane (alluding to the names of those who published this edition) ff. Vol. I: [4], 448 (Vinograd calls for only 445); Vol. II: [3], 338; Vol. III: 430, [3]. Some staining and slight repair of titles and a few other leaves. Modern boards. 12mo Vinograd, Frankfurt a/Main 151

Frankfurt a/Main: Johannes Wust 1699

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $700

With approbations including one by R. David Oppenheim, who notes he recently accepted the position of Chief Rabbi of Brisk D’Lita and its provinces - a fact seemingly unknown to historians. The publisher state in the introduction that this pocket sized edition was produced for those who study in the Beth Ha-Midrsah of Frankfurt “from where the light of Torah is spread throughout world.”