Shulchan Aruch [code of Jewish Law]. Yoreh De’ah. With commentary by Moses Isserles (ReM”A).

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

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

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KARO, JOSEPH.

Shulchan Aruch [code of Jewish Law]. Yoreh De’ah. With commentary by Moses Isserles (ReM”A).

Vol. II (of 4). Title within architectural arch, printer’s device on verso and last page. Three previous owners’ signatures on verso of final leaf (the second dated 1678). ff. 170 (mispaginated). Few marginal tears, stained. Contemporary calf-backed wooden boards, lacking upper cover. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Cracow 325; Mehlman 784.

Cracow: The Children of Isaac Prostitz 1618-19

Est: $600 - $900

One of the printers mentioned in the colophon was the nephew of the ReM”a. He was the son of the ReM”a’s brother-in-law, the communal leader “Shmuel ben HaGaon HaGadol, Nasi Nasi’ei HaLeviyim, HaShalom HaChasid, Moreinu HaRav R. Pinchas Horowitz.”