Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $450

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

author

ASCHKENAZI, BEZALEL BEN ABRAHAM

printer

Matteo Zanetti and Comin Presegno

Place

Venice

Publication

(1595)

Description

FIRST EDITION. Printer’s device on title - escutcheon with three fleurs-de-lys surmounted by crown (not in Yaari, Printer’s Marks), surrounded by elaborate ornamental border

references

Vinograd, Venice 813; not in Adams

summary

The highly wrought title-page was a hallmark of the Zanetti family of printers. The author succeeded Chaim Vital as leader of the Jerusalem Community in 1587. His relentless pursuit of old manuscripts, even hiring scribes to assist in copying and editing, resulted in his magnum opus, the Shitah Mekubetzeth

ff. 114. Lightly browned, damp-stained in places, title and first two leaves remargined, last few leaves re-hinged. Modern boards. Sm. folio

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