(MaHaRSH”L). Amudei Shlomo [commentary to Moses of Coucy’s Rabbinic Code]

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LURIA, SOLOMON

(MaHaRSH”L). Amudei Shlomo [commentary to Moses of Coucy’s Rabbinic Code]

FIRST EDITION. Edited by Elijah Loanz. Two titles. Detailed handwritten genealogical listing prepared by a previous owner, Saul Chanoch Berliner, tracing his ancestry to the Author and utimately to King David ff. 115, (2), 49. Two parts in one. Ex-library. Browned, with some staining. Later boards, chipped Sm. 4to Vinograd, Basle 201; Prijs, Basle 165; not in Adams

Basle: Konrad Waldkirch 1599-1600

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $600

Solomon Luria (1510?-1574) was arguably the greatest Polish rabbi of his day and is greatly appreciated for his clarity and erudite presentation. His comments to this classic code by Moses of Coucy are widely quoted throughout rabbinic literature. The editor, R. Elijah Loanz, was a disciple of the MaHaRa"L of Prague and an outstanding kabbalist of Germany. A grandson of R. Joselmann of Rosheim, he was popularly known as R. Elijah Ba’al Shem