Mishpetei Shmuel [responsa]

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

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

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Lot 178

KELAI, SAMUEL

Mishpetei Shmuel [responsa]

FIRST EDITION. Title within oval cartouche framed by a decorative woodcut floral border. Printers’ device on verso of final leaf (Yaari, Hebrew Printers' Marks 49). On title, Hebrew and Italian signatures of an unidentified member of the Lumbroso Family (see below). On f.2r. old Hebrew marginalium in Spanish cursive script pertaining to a formal agreement between husband and wife ff. 181,(2). Mispaginated but complete. Tear to f. 33 (i.e. f. 29), title laid down with loss to border, ff. 2-4, 181 remargined, stained, some worming. Modern half-calf. Folio Vinograd, Venice 879

Venice: Daniel Zanetti 1599

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $450

Lumbroso was an Italian-Tunisian family of Castilian origin. Over the centuries, they occupied positions of leadership within the Italian Jewish community of Tunis, distinguishing themseves as rabbis, dayanim, court physicians, government ministers and diplomats. See EJ, Vol. XI, cols. 561-63