Teshuvoth HaRaDa”CH [responsa]

AUCTION 34 | Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 at 1:00

Exemplary Hebrew Books: The Library of Joseph Gradenwitz, Esq.

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Lot 64

HAKOHEN, DAVID, OF CORFU

Teshuvoth HaRaDa”CH [responsa]

FIRST EDITION. Title within Soncino’s striking woodcut historiated border. On f.45r. former owner’s inscription, “Joel Chamitz” (see below). Marginalium on f.171v. and final page ff. (224). Trace wormed and stained, few neat paper repairs with minimal loss. Modern vellum. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Const. 160; Yaari, Const. 125; Mehlman 703; not in Adams

Constantinople: Eliezer Soncino 1537

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $6,500

David ben Chaim Hakohen (beg. 15th century) was rabbi at Corfu and later in Patros, Greece. He was a disciple of the great halachist R. Judah Mintz (MaHaR”I Mintz). At times he clashed over halachic issues with R. Moses Alashkar and also R. Benjamin Ze’ev. The title page tells of the miraculous rescue of the manuscript from fire in the home of the author’s son R. Chaim Cohen in Adrianople (Edirne), Turkey. This collection of 33 responsa enjoyed immense popularity, going through several editions. See JE, Vol. IV, p. 463. There is a typographical curiosity on ff.182v.-183r. The text, unlike the rest of the book, is double-spaced rather than single-spaced