of Constantinople (RANa”Ch). Teshuvoth She'eloth [responsa]

AUCTION 49 | Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Graphic Art

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Lot 108
ELIJAH IBN CHAIM

of Constantinople (RANa”Ch). Teshuvoth She'eloth [responsa]

FIRST EDITION Folio. ff. 6, 272. Title remargined, trace wormed, crude tape repairs to few leaves. Modern calf. Folio Vinograd, Venice 1067; Yaari, Const. 242

Constantinople: n.p. (c.1610)

Est: $700 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $950
There is some confusion among bibliographers as to the correct place and date of printing of this work. The preponderance of opinions suggests that it is a Constantinople imprint, as stated on the title page. As regards the date, Yaari suggests that the book was printed between the years 1603-1617, the years of the reign of Sultan Ahmed I, whose Court is noted on the title page. Page 185 contains an internal title for the author’s novellae to the Talmudic Tractate Kethuvoth - not noted by Yaari. See Y. Hacker, Aresheth, Vol. V, p. 493. See also the article by A.M. Habermann in Sepher Assaf (1953), pp. 217-20