Zera Yitzchak [novellae to the Talmud, with supplement on Maimonides]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,400

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

author

LUMBROSO, ISAAC

printer

Jeshuah Hakohen Tanugi

Place

Tunis

Publication

1768

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within elaborate architectural arch. Tailpieces

references

Vinograd, Tunis 1

summary

Isaac Lumbroso (d. 1752) served as chief rabbi of Tunis. In the aftermath of the schism dividing the Jews of the city into two factions - native Tunisians and Gournis, or Italians - Lumbroso was appointed rabbinic judge of the latter. Lumbroso was one of the most brilliant students of R. Tzemach Sarfati, and his reputation as Talmudist survives to the present. JE, Vol. VIII, pp. 153-4 THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN TUNISIA. According to Vinograd, the first of only three Hebrew books printed in Tunis

ff. (3),278,(6), 32. Trimmed with loss to few headnotes, stamp on title, margins trace wormed or stained not affecting text. Contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, rubbed. Folio.

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