Arba’ah Turim [Rabbinic Code of Law]

AUCTION 44 | Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 1:00

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

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JACOB BEN ASHER.

Arba’ah Turim [Rabbinic Code of Law]

Four Parts, complete in two volumes with scarce 3-page indices at end. Title page without ornamentation. On f.7 ornate woodcut border by Hans Holbein the Younger depicting the Creation, architectural pillars flanked by Kings David and Solomon clutching scrolls inscribed “The Path of Life (Orach Chaim) Journeys Upwards for the Wise” (Proverbs 15:24). Poem at end by Elijah Levita. Extensive inscriptions relating to a 17th-century rather tragic family chronicle. Volume I: Even Ha'ezer: ff. 2, 44. Choshen Mishpat: ff. 112, (2). * Volume II: Orach Chaim: ff. 84. Yoreh De'ah: ff. 70. Previous owners' inscriptions, variously stained. Uniform contemporary calf over thick wooden boards, rubbed. Sm. folio Vinograd, Augsburg 11; Adams J-14; St. Cat. Bodl. 5500

Augsburg: Chaim bar David, Yoseph bar Yakar, Yitzchak bar Chaim 1540

Est: $15,000 - $20,000

PRICE REALIZED $24,000

Jacob ben Asher’s Tur. A Rare and Important German Edition. A fundamental Rabbinic treatise embracing all the laws and customs incumbent both on the individual and the Community as a whole. Its over-riding authority has been recognised and accepted by Jewish scholars for generations