Yoseph Ometz [responsa]

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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Lot 48

AZULAI, CHAIM JOSEPH DAVID

Yoseph Ometz [responsa]

FIRST EDITION ff. 74. Browned, some worming and marginal wear, taped in places. Modern morocco. Folio Vinograd, Livorno 445; Benayahu, Chida, p. 218, no. 31

Livorno: E. Saadon 1798

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $550

The title forms the gematria (numerical equivalent): "Chaim Yoseph David Azulai." After much travel on behalf of the Yishuv of Eretz Israel, the Chid”a finally settled down in Livorno, Italy, where, though holding no official rabbinical office, he was revered on account of his incomparable erudition. Azulai's responsa reflect his total familiarity with the customs of the many lands he visited. Rarely do we encounter in the responsa literature such a broad approach