Arba’ah Turim [Code of Jewish Law]

AUCTION 65 | Thursday, June 25th, 2015 at 1:00

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

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JACOB BEN ASHER.

Arba’ah Turim [Code of Jewish Law]

Bound in two volumes. First word of every section in decorative vignette. ff. 51-54 and 56 with diagrams of Eruvin; ff. 58b-59a with calendar. Extensive marginal notes and corrections in various hands. Final two leaves of Vol. I and final page of Vol. II contain Midrashic material including a citation of R. Menachem Azariah of Fano; laws of mourning; and Takanoth of R. Yaakov mentioning Troyes, Paris and other cities, advocating against adjudicating legal affairs in secular court. ff. 349 (of 357). Vol. I: ff. 174. Lacking ff. 1-2 and ff. 3-4 of sig. 2. Vol. II: ff. 175. Lacking f. 2 of sig. 15, portion of table of contents of Even Ha’ezer. Variously worn and stained, crude paper repairs with loss, wormed in places. Recent calf. Folio. Sold not subject to return. Vinograd, Const. 167; Yaari, Const. 130; Mehlman 729; St. Cat. Bodl. 5500-6 (“ed quoque rara.”)

Constantinople: Eliezer ben Gershom Soncino 1538-40

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

A fundamental Rabbinic treatise embracing all the laws and customs incumbent both on an individual and the community as a whole. Its overriding authority has been recognized and accepted by Jewish scholars for generations. The scholarly editor, R. Yechiel ben Reuben Aschkenazi, added to this edition marginal notes citing the Ri’f, Ro’sh and Ramba’m indicating sources not noted in earlier editions.