(RaSHBa”TZ). Sepher HaTaSHBe”TZ [responsa]. Appended: “Chut HaMeshulash” [responsa by later Algerian authorities: Solomon Duran, Solomon Serour and Abraham ibn Tawah]

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00

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

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DURAN, SHIMON BEN TZEMACH.

(RaSHBa”TZ). Sepher HaTaSHBe”TZ [responsa]. Appended: “Chut HaMeshulash” [responsa by later Algerian authorities: Solomon Duran, Solomon Serour and Abraham ibn Tawah]

<<FIRST EDITION>>. Four parts in one volume. Title within engraved architectural border depicting the Biblical personages of Moses, Aaron, David and Solomon. Divisional title in ornamental woodcut featuring lions, foliage and crown. Two other divisonal titles in typographical borders. <<Bound in original colored “Fish-skin” binding with tooled floral decoration.>> Vinograd, Amsterdam 1490.

Amsterdam: Naphtali Herz Levi Rofe 1738-1741

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

Popular lore has suggested that in the merit of the author’s reverence for holy books, his own works were beautifully bound. See D.-G. Yardeni, “The ‘Tashbetz’ by R. Shimon b. Zemah Duran; Amsterdam 1739-1742,” in: Alei Sefer, No. 10 (June 1982) pp. 119-32.