Teshuvoth ha-RaDa”Ch [responsa]

AUCTION 47 | Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 1:00

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

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Lot 136

HAKOHEN, DAVID, OF CORFU

Teshuvoth ha-RaDa”Ch [responsa]

FIRST EDITION. Title within Soncino’s striking woodcut historiated border. Wide margins ff. 216 (of 224) lacking signature 20. Title remargined, stained in places. Contemporary vellum, worn and rebacked. 4to Vinograd, Const. 160; Yaari, Const. 125; Mehlman 703

Constantinople: Eliezer ben Gershom Soncino 1537

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $2,200

David ben Chaim Hakohen (beg. 15th century) was rabbi at Corfu and later, Patras, Greece. He was a disciple of the great halachist R. Judah Mintz (MaHaR”I Mintz). The title page of these responsa tells of the miraculous rescue of the manuscript from fire in the home of the author’s son R. Chaim Cohen in Adrianople (Edirne), Turkey. There is a typographical curiosity on ff.183v.-184r: Unlike the rest of the book, the text is double-spaced rather than single-spaced