Auction 8 · Lot 385

(ReM”A). Shailoth Uteshuvoth HaReM”A [responsa]

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: $1,400

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author

ISSERLES, MOSES.

printer

Menachem Nachum Meisels

Place

Cracow

Publication

1640

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural woodcut arch

references

Vinograd, Cracow 418; Mehlman 695

summary

R. Moses Isserles was born in Cracow c.1525 and was regarded among his contemporaries to be the “Maimonides of Polish Jewry.” These responsa consists of 132 briefs written between 1550 and 1571, 91 of which were writen by R. Isserles, the remainder by colleagues and pupils. The ReM”A gained a world-wide repute as a decisor, and was consulted by all the great Rabbis of his time on halachic matters. Among those who corresponded with him were Meir Katzenellenbogen, Joseph Caro, Solomon Luria and his brother-in-law, Joseph Katz. See: EJ, IX cols.1081-5

ff. (2), 255. Last 2 unnumbered leaves provided in facsimile. Browned with scattered staining. First 5 and final leaf silked. Worming on ff. 57-8 repaired with loss of a few words. Later mottled calf. 4to

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