Lumbroso, Isaac. Zera Yitzchak [novellae to the Talmud, with supplement on Maimonides.]

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Lot 311

(TUNISIA).

Lumbroso, Isaac. Zera Yitzchak [novellae to the Talmud, with supplement on Maimonides.]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Title within elaborate architectural arch. ff. (4), 278,(6), 20, lacking final addenda/errata leaves. Ex-library, title and f. 130 supplied from another copy, lightly worn and stained, trace wormed. Modern boards. Folio. Vinograd, Tunis 1.

Tunis: Joshua HaKohen Tanugi 1768

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $800

Isaac Lumbroso (d. 1752) served as chief rabbi of Tunis. In the aftermath of the schism dividing the Jews of the city into two factions - native Tunisians and Gournis, or Italians - Lumbroso was appointed rabbinic judge of the latter. Lumbroso was one of the finest students of R. Tzemach Sarfati and his reputation as Talmudist survives to the present. See JE, vol. VIII, pp. 153-4. <<THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN TUNISIA.>> According to Vinograd, the first of only three Hebrew books printed in this capital city.