(Tur) Yoreh Deah [Code of law]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $650

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author

JACOB BEN ASHER

printer

Giovanni Griffio

Place

Vence

Publication

1564

Description

Second edition with commentary Beith Yoseph by Joseph Karo. With an interesting elaborate printer’s mark (see Yaari, Hebrew Printer’s Marks p, 18, no. 30)

references

Vinograd, Venice 491; Amram p. 350. .

summary

Published during the lifetime of R. Joseph Karo with an introduction containing many interesting plays on the word “Karo” by R. Samuel b. Yitzchak Boehm, who states that he corrected many mistakes found in the first edition after examining problematic readings with the Gaon R. Meir of Padua. According to Amram (p.350) this was one of the first books to be printed following the removal of the ban on Hebrew printing in1563

ff. 31, 398. Various owner’s signatures on title and introduction. Censor’s signature at end. Slight marginal worming in a few leaves with sllght repair to title. Some marginal notes in an Italian hand. Modern cloth, spine taped. Folio

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