Hapesak [a Halachic decision relating to Rome]

Estimate: $5,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $9,000

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author

ISAAC LEON IBN TZUR

printer

Solomon ben Issac de Lisbon

Place

Rome

Publication

1547

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title page within elaborate border

references

Vinograd, Rome 22; not in Adams; and see JE, VI p.625

summary

“The incense-laden atmosphere of Rome however, was fatal to the production of Hebrew books...The Inquisition and its censors could not tolerate a Hebrew press under the very shadow of St. Peter’s.” D. Amram, The Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy (1963) p.251

ff.14. Title repaired, stamp removed from f.13, otherwise a fine wide-margined copy. Modern vellum. Sm.4to

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