Terumath Hadeshen. PUBLISHED WITH: Pesakim Ukethavim [responsa]

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $650

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

ISSERLEIN, ISRAEL.

printer

Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani

Place

Venice

Publication

1546

Description

Second edition. The Mayer Sulzberger copy. Two works in one, as issued. Separate titles, each with printer’s device (Yaari, Printer’s Marks no. 16)

references

Vinograd, Venice 306 and 289; Habermann; Adelkind 31 and 32; Adams I-244 (second work only)

summary

“Isserlein’s most important work is his responsa…(they) contain valuable material on the general history of the Jews in Germany in the 15th-century and in particular on the organization of the communities and their spiritual life. “ EJ, IX cols. 1080-81 (illustrated)

ff. 190, 77. Upper corners of opening two leaves worn with loss supplied in manuscript, final page laid down. Loose in 19th-century half-morocco, rubbed. 4to

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