SOLOMON IBN ADRET. Sepher Toldoth Adam…She'eloth U’Teshuvoth…Dinei Mamonoth [responsa concerning financial matters]

AUCTION 41 | Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art

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(Adler, Nathan Hakohen).

SOLOMON IBN ADRET. Sepher Toldoth Adam…She'eloth U’Teshuvoth…Dinei Mamonoth [responsa concerning financial matters]

Inscription on title: "Shayach LehaTorani HaMuphla U’Muphlag BaTorah UvaChasiduth kmohar"r Nathan ben HaMano'ach m. Ya'akov Shim'on Adler Katz zllh"h" ["Belongs to the scholar, excellent in Torah and piety, Nathan son of the deceased, Ya'akov Shim'on Adler Katz]. (See below) ff. 8, 104. Light stains. Ex-library. Contemporary mottled calf. Sm. folio Vinograd, Leghorn 18

Livorno: Yedidyah Gabbai 1657

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

Rabbi Nathan Hakohen Adler Copy. R. Nathan Hakohen Adler of Frankfurt am-Main (1741-1800), referred to as "HeChasid ShebiKehunah" ("The Pious Among Priests,") was the teacher of R. Moshe Schreiber, author "Chatham Sopher." Although in all known documents, Nathan's father is referred to as "Shim’on," R. Nathan himself would sometimes sign himself "Nathan ben Ya'akov Shim’on." See J. Unna, "Nathan Hakohen Adler" in: L. Jung, Guardians of Our Heritage (1958), p. 169; EJ, Vol. II, cols. 284-5; N. Friedmann, Otzar Harabanim, no. 16293 (emend "Shimshon" to "Shim'on"). Known as HaNesher HaGadol, "The Great Eagle" (Adler is German for eagle), R. Nathan Adler's impact upon German-Jewry lasted generations.