Porath Yoseph [novellae on the works of Alfasi and Nissim b. Reuben Gerondi to Kethuboth, Chullin and Beitzah]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

SAMEGAH, JOSEPH BEN BENJAMIN

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1590

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within garlanded architectural arch.

references

Vinograd, Venice 748; Habermann, di Gara 119; not in Adams

summary

Compelled to leave his native Salonika due to persecution by his community, Joseph Samegah went to Venice, where he served as Rabbi and head of a yeshivah. He later founded a yeshivah in Padua.

ff. 154. Few light stains, scattered marginal worming. Modern blind-tooled morocco. Sm. 4to

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