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Auction 16 · Lot 36

KIMCHI, JACOB BEN SAMUEL. Shailah Teshuvah [“A Responsum on the Subject of the Slaughtering of Cattle and the Examination of their Lungs in London”]

Estimate
$1,000–$1,500
Hammer price
$550

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

author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

printer

Aaron ben Elijah Katz

Place

Altona

Publication

1760

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within typographical border

references

Vinograd, Altona 66; Mehlman 1697

summary

Pamphleteering from the decade-long dispute concerning Shechita in London in the mid-18th century
ff. (13). Small hole on f.11. Lightly browned. Modern boards. Slim 4to
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