Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa, with novellae on the Talmudic tractates]

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

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Lot 191
KARO, JOSEPH

Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa, with novellae on the Talmudic tractates]

FIRST EDITION. Scattered marginalia in Sephardic hands. ff. (4),152. Title repaired not affecting text, lightly stained, trace worming on a few leaves. Modern elaborately tooled calf. Sm. folio Vinograd, Salonika 151; Adams J-338

Salonika: Abraham Joseph Bat-Scheba 1598

Est: $1,500 - $2,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,400
Published post-humously, the work contains an introduction by the Author’s son Judah, who states his father's death-bed instructions was to ensure his responsa were published. However Joseph Karo’s remaining responsa pertaining to other portions of the Shulchan Aruch were not published until 1791, under the title Avkath Rochel.