Shailoth Uteshuvoth Divrei Rav Meshulem [responsa and novellae]

AUCTION 55 | Thursday, June 21st, 2012 at 1:00

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ASCHKENAZI, ABRAHAM MESHULEM ZALMAN.

Shailoth Uteshuvoth Divrei Rav Meshulem [responsa and novellae]

<<FIRST EDITION.>>Wide-margined copy. ff. (1of 3, lacking introduction), 118. Slight marginal worming, previous owner’s signature on title (partially cut and repaired), some staining, lower left marginal corners of final leaves slightly torn not affecting text, repair on f. 38 affecting some text. Modern calf. Folio. Vinograd, Koretz 21; A. Tauber, “Defusei Koretz” in Bibliographical Studies (1932), p. 23, no. 12.

Koretz: Johann Anton Krieger 1783

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $250

The author was the brother of R. Jacob Emden and son of the Chacham Tzvi, whose responsa and novellae appear on ff. 3b-12b. Contains many autobiographical details and comments. For example, see f. 39 he recounts the events of the 20th Teveth 1761, “the day of remembrance of the miracle that occurred when my life was reversed from death to life;” or f. 70 written when living in the town of Shomsk where he was “besieged by oppressors.”