Sepher Ha’Itur [Halachic compendium of Gaonic influence]

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00

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

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Lot 141

ISAAC BEN ABBA MARI OF MARSEILLES

Sepher Ha’Itur [Halachic compendium of Gaonic influence]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Previous owners’ signatures including Abraham Giron with scholarly marginalia throughout. ff. 110. Stained, wormed and frayed in places, few leaves torn not affecting text, large portion of f. 108 with loss. Modern calf. Sm. folio. Vinograd, Venice 1041.

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1608

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $600

The Rabbinic Giron family hailed from Adrianople and had an affinity for the Sepher Ha’Itur. It is interesting to note that a full length commentary on the Sepher Ha’Itur by Jacob Abraham Giron entitled “Tikkun Soferim U’Mikra Soferim” was published in Constantinople, 1756. The Chida in Shem Hagedolim, Ma’arecheth Sepharim under the entry Tikun Soferim praises the holiness and diligence of “Harav Hachassid Abraham Giron.” For more on the Giron family see Otzar HaRabanim no. 323-26.