Pesakim Uchethavim [responsa]

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

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art

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Lot 160

ISSERLEIN, ISRAEL BEN PETHACHIAH

Pesakim Uchethavim [responsa]

FIRST EDITION ff. 52 (of 53), lacking final blank (not called for by either Vinograd or Habermann). Title laid down, stained and wormed with taped repairs, censor’s signature at end. Ex-library. Modern boards. 4to Habermann, Bomberg 13 (unseen); Vinograd, Venice 12; Adams I-244

Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1519

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

“Isserlein’s most important work is his responsa...(they) contain valuable material on the general history of the Jews in Germany in the 15th-century and in particular on the organization of the communities and their spiritual life. “ EJ, Vol.IX, cols. 1080-81 (illustrated)