Pachad Yitzchak

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

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Lot 236

LAMPRONTI, ISAAC

Pachad Yitzchak

FIRST EDITION. Complete in ten volumes. Fold-out charts Some wear in places. Boards. Two vols folio, others. 8vo. Vinograd, Venice 1870, 1888, 2103, 2114, Reggio 22 & Livorno 456

v.p.: 1750-99 and 1864-88

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

Pachad Yitzchak is the most comprehensive and celebrated encyclopedia in the field of Halacha. Each entry includes material from the Mishnah, Talmud, Poskim, Rishonim and responsa literature. Lampronti pays special attention to the decisions of the Italian Rabbis, much of which had never published and was otherwise unknown. The work has a lengthy printing history. Originally published from letters "Aleph-Mem" in large folio volumes in various parts of Italy from 1750-99. Letters "Nun-Taf" were first published in Lyck-Berlin from 1864-88 by the M'kitze Nirdamim Society in smaller octavo sized volumes. See S. Brisman, A History and Guide to Judaic Encyclopedias and Lexicons (1987) pp. 159-60