Auction 20 · Lot 18

Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law]. Four parts in one volume

Estimate: $10,000–$15,000
Hammer price: $17,000

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

author

KARO, JOSEPH

printer

Giovanni Griffio

Place

Venice

Publication

1567

Description

Second edtion. Four parts in one volume. Four title pages. Printers device on titles (Yaari no. 31). Title letters within decorative woodcut border-piece.

references

Vinograd, Venice 552; not in Adams

summary

A digest of the expansive Beith Yoseph, the Shulchan Aruch (“Prepared Table”) so named by Karo to indicate that he had prepared the material in a manner ready to be “consumed” immediately. It became the Rabbinic Code par excellence Two editions were issued simultaneously; one by Giovanni Griffio and the other at at the House of Cavalli. For details regarding these early printings of the Shulchan Aruch, see: R. Margoliot, in Sinai, vol. XXXVII (1955) pp. 25-35 and R. Y. Nissim in Sinai Sepher Yovel (1958) pp. 29-39. The Cavalli edition of the Shulchan Aruch was sold by Kestenbaum & Company, Sale XII: Important Hebrew Books & Manuscripts from the Library of the London Beth Din (Second Portion), 13th March, 2001, Lot 169

ff. 61; 57; 34; 71. Few light damp-stains in places, few inner margins strengthened, paper marginal repair to title of part II, neat repairs to a few leaves, scattered marginal worming, marginalia. Recent hunter cloth boards. Folio

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