Sepher Agur [Halachic Code]
AUCTION 65 |
Thursday, June 25th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 92
LANDAU, JACOB.
Sepher Agur [Halachic Code]
Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani 1546
Est: $700 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,200
The last rabbinic code written by a German scholar before the Shulchan Aruch was compiled, the Sepher Agur follows the order of the Tur and contains fourteen hundred and thirty nine sections, primarily focusing upon ritual, the laws of the Sabbath and the Festivals. The author’s intention was to add the decisions of the later German scholars, such as Jacob Moelin and Israel Isserlein which has been been omitted by Jacob ben Asher’s Tur.
The previous owner R. Yizchak Bechor David ( 1690-1755) was one of the leading poskim of his generation. The Noda B’Yehudah held him in the greatest reverence using such munificent titles as “Gaon HaGaonim