Tur Choshen Mishpat

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $950

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

author

JACOB BEN ASHER

printer

Giovanni Griffio

Place

Venice

Publication

1567

Description

With commentary Beith Yoseph by Joseph Karo. Printer’s devices on title (Yaari no. 30)

references

Vinograd, Venice 544

summary

The first edition to note important halachic innovations by Joseph Karo, by printing a hand with a finger pointing toward the relevant numbered passage, plus a numbered index referring to the numbered paragraphs

ff. 459 [(of 462), lacking ff. 459-61. Some staining, worming and repairs. Various owners signatures, both Sephardic and Ashkenazic, scattered marginalia. Modern vellum-backed. Folio

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