Perach Mateh Aharon [responsa]

AUCTION 43 | Thursday, April 02nd, 2009 at 1:00

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

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PERACHYAH, AARON

Perach Mateh Aharon [responsa]

FIRST EDITION. Two parts in one volume. Two titles within historiated woodcut architectural borders ff. (3), 249; (3), 168). Some staining, margin of final leaf slightly frayed. Ex-library. Later boards. Folio Vinograd, Amsterdam 760; Fuks, Amsterdam 576

Amsterdam: Moses Mendes Coutinho 1703

Est: $400 - $600

An important halachic decisor among his native Salonikan rabbis, the responsa of Aaron Perachyah (1627?-1697), reflect the 17th-century condition of Turkish Jewry in general, and Salonika in particular. See EJ, Vol. XIII, col. 271