Sheiloth U’Teshuvoth HaReMa”Z [responsa]

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

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

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Lot 235

ZACUTO, MOSES

Sheiloth U’Teshuvoth HaReMa”Z [responsa]

FIRST EDITION. The Saul Ben Aryeh Leib Loewestam copy. With an inscription on the title in a neat precise Ashkenazic hand indicating that the book belonged to the "Great eagle, Crown of the Geonim, Meor Ha-Golah R. Saul...of Amsterdam." ff. 4, 58. Slight staining, with stamp of previous owner and bookplate of N. H. Van Biema. Contemporary boards. 4to Vinograd, Venice 1956; See Pe’amim, The Rabbi Moses Zacuto Issue, No. 96 (2003)

Venice: Gad Foa 1761

Est: $600 - $900

The previous owner, known as R. Shaul Amsterdamer, Av Beth Din of Amsterdam, was one of the foremost Rabbis of his generation. His brother was R. Tzvi Hirsch Berlin and his uncle was R. Jacob Emden