Sha’arei Dura [Rabbinic Code]. With commentaries

AUCTION 42 | Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 176

ISAAC BEN MEIR OF DÜREN.

Sha’arei Dura [Rabbinic Code]. With commentaries

Second edition. Printer’s device of seven-branched candelabrum on title (Yaari, Hebrew Printers' Marks 14). On title, signature of former owners "Raphael Rovigo" and "Samuel Foa." On final page, signature of censor "Dominico Irosolimitano, 1598" (Wm. Poppers,The Censorship of Hebrew Books, Censors' Inscriptions, Pl. IV, no. 1) ff. 64. Wormed, old tape repairs, some text affected. Modern cloth. 8vo Vinograd, Venice 359; Adams I-174

Venice: Meir Parenzo 1548

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $500

A partial Code, dealing with dietary and menstrual laws, composed in the latter part of the 13th-century, it is considered most authoritative and is often quoted by the final codifiers. Sources and reasons for decisions are provided, the authorities quoted are almost entirely Franco-German. See EJ, Vol. VI, col. 261-262