(MaHaRa”M OF ROTHENBURG). Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

AUCTION 31 | Tuesday, December 13th, 2005 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew and Other Printed Books

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Lot 235
MEIR BEN BARUCH

(MaHaRa”M OF ROTHENBURG). Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

FIRST EDITION. Title within four-part historiated border ff. 108, (15). Stained in places, slight marginal wormng on a few leaves. Previous owner’s marks. Modern calf. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Cremona 15; Benayahu, Cremona 15; Adams M-1045

Cremona: Vicenzo Conti 1557

Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,000
The first of several differing collections of responsa by this supreme arbiter of Halachic authority in Germany. For a detailed study of the life and work of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg, see: Irving A. Agus, Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg. (Philadelphia, 1947).