Hilchoth HaRe’i’ah [laws of post-slaughter especially pertaining to checking the lung]

MEIR LE-BEITH MEIR

Samuel Gallus (Zarfati)

Ferrara

(1552)

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch. Wide-margined copy. Scattered marginalia in a Sephardic hand, final leaf with Italian inscription

Vinograd Ferrara 8; St. Cat. Bodl. no. 3462

The final leaves contain a poem indicating the ritual butchery customs of ”the great city” of Salonika, as well as poetry in praise of the author and his work. Although Vinograd states that this work and the author’s Hilchoth Shechitah (see previous lot) were published together (despite listing the works separately), Steinschneider decisively notes that they were published individually. Nevetheless, it would seem the author perhaps intended to publish them together as is evident from the title page of Hilchoth Shechitah and the introduction. Ultimately, Steinschneider is probably correct as each volume contains the final poem in honor of the author