Sha'ar Yoseph [extensive commentary to Talmudic Tractate Horiyoth]

AUCTION 38 | Thursday, November 29th, 2007 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 49

AZULAI, CHAIM YOSEPH DAVID (CHID”A).

Sha'ar Yoseph [extensive commentary to Talmudic Tractate Horiyoth]

FIRST EDITION. With dedications in Spanish and Portuguese pp.16, ff. 120, 40. Some staining, slight marginal worming not affecting text, previous owners' stamps and signatures. Later calf-backed boards, worn. Folio. Vinograd, Livorno 72; M. Benayahu, Rabbi H.Y.D. Azulai (1959), p. 185, no. 1; E. Toaff, Guardians of Our Heritage (1958), p.155

Livorno: Antonio Santini 1757

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $1,300

THE CHIDA'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK. Although he was 34 when this work was published it was actually written when Azulai was just seventeen years old. According to Benayahu (p. 186), the Sha'ar Yoseph was scarce even during the Author's life-time. Both the lengthy appprobation by the Chida's father, as well as the introduction, contain valuable biographical details