...Pesakim Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

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

Fine Judaica: Hebrew and Other Printed Books

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Lot 242

MINZI, JUDAH (Mahr”i Mintz)

...Pesakim Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

FIRST EDITION. Printer’s mark depicting three crowns ff. 134. Paper repair to upper corner of title page, light stains in places, few passages and single words (e.g. “meshumad”) censored. Recent half calf, rubbed. 4to Vinograd, Venice 460; not in Adams

Venice: Alvise Bragadin 1553

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $700

Three-part work including Seder Gitin Vechalitzah (on Divorce) by the Author’s son Abraham Minz, as well as a further 90 responsa by R. Abraham’s son-in-law, Meir Katzenellenbogen (MaHRa”M of Padua). Of unusual interest, Responsum number 5, permits the marriage of a prostitute nursing a child, in order to prevent her and her proposed husband from opprobrium. Responsum number 9 concerns the correct Bar Mitzvah date of a boy born in a leap year. Responsum number 16 discusses cross-dressing on Purim