Auction 21 · Lot 240

(RaSHB”A). Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $2,300

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

author

SOLOMON IBN ADRET.

printer

The Company of Silk-Weavers

Place

Bologna

Publication

1539

Description

Second edition. Present with indices (missing from most copies), additional title. Wide-margined copy

references

Vinograd, Bologna 14; Mehlman 693 (incomplete); Adams S-1407

summary

The author was the foremost Spanish rabbi of the late 13th-14th century whose works are studied in al major Yeshivot to this day. As a respondent, the RaSHB”A answers inquiries directly, without unneccessary lengthy scholastic discussion. The number of his responsa, including this pseudo-Nachmanides collection, reaches well over three thousand, with inquries addressed from all parts of the world, and touching upon all phases of law - religious, family and civil, as well as theological concerns. See M. Waxman, History of Jewish Literature (1933) Vol. II pp.165-167

ff. (16), 216. Signed by censors. modern cloth spine cracked, Early owners signatures inclding the communal leader Yeshaia Vermeiz of Metz. Scattered marginal notes in a 20th century hand citing the Shaagat Aryeh. Folio.

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