(The Chacham Tzvi). Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa].

AUCTION 72 | Thursday, March 16th, 2017 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art

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ASCHKENAZI, TZVI HIRSCH.

(The Chacham Tzvi). Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> A wide margined copy. ff.(1), 127. Some staining, previous owners’ inscriptions and stamps on title and elsewhere, title remargined. Later calf-backed boards, worn. Sm folio. Vinograd, Amsterdam 956.

Amsterdam: Solomon Proops 1712

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

An important and historically weighty volume of responsa. Includes such unusual issues as to whether a being created via the Sepher Yetzira (“Golem”) may be counted towards a minyan (responsa no. 93). The Chacham Tzvi (1660-1718) was the grandfather of Tzvi Hirsch Berli