Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa]

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

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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ASHER BEN YECHIEL (RO”SH).

Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa]

Amended edition. ff. 180, (17), 2. Some staining, previous owner’s stamp on verso of title and final leaf. Modern calf. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 1034.

Venice: Zanetto Zanetti 1607

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $600

These responsa are divided into one hundred and eight thematic groups and provide a most vivid picture of the conditions of Jewish life in 14th-century Spain. See M. Waxman, History of Jewish Literature (1933) Vol. II, pp.167-169; EJ, Vol. III, cols. 706-08.