Teshuvoth She'eloth [responsa]

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

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

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Lot 203

MIZRACHI, ELIJAH.

Teshuvoth She'eloth [responsa]

FIRST EDITION ff. 158 (of 160). Wanting, as all copies, ff. 109-110. Several leaves bound out of sequence. Marginal paper repairs to opening 4 leaves, dampstained, two loose leaves. Contemporary vellum, rubbed, gutter split. Sm. folio Vinograd, Const. 217 (records ff.158 complete); Mehlman 758 (likewise); Yaari, Const. 161; Adams M-1516

Constantinople: Solomon ben Isaac Ya’abetz 1560

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,700

Elijah Mizrachi (c.1450-1526) was one of the most outstanding Rabbinic authorities of the Ottoman Empire. His responsa are of great historic interest, written amidst the turbulence of the Spanish Inquisition and concerning the Jewish exiles who migrated to Turkey. The cancelled leaves 109-10 (responsum 66) are extant in only two copies. They contain the author’s protestations and polemic with R. J. Algazi concerning his son’s alleged conversion to Islam