Hilchoth Shechitah [laws of slaughter]

Estimate: $5,000–$7,000
Hammer price: $5,500

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

author

MEIR LE-BEITH MEIR

printer

Samuel Gallus (Zarfati)

Place

Ferrara

Publication

(1552)

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch. Wide-margined copy. Final leaf contains owners inscriptions and familial dates of birth, dated 1623 in a cursive Sephardic hand

references

Vinograd Ferrara 9; St. Cat. Bodl. no. 3463

summary

The printer Samuel ibn Askarah Zarfati (the Frenchman - Gallus) began printing in Ferrara in 1551. Although he published only six books, they ran across a broad gamut of subjects - medicine, halacha, the interpretation of dreams and philosophy. These are no doubt indicative of the tastes of the Jewish reader in Italy during the 16th century. The final leaf contains a full page of poetry in honor of the author and his work

ff. (8). Lightly stained. Modern morocco. 12mo.

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