Atereth Shlomo [concerning the judicial issue of “Shikul ha-Dath”]

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: $650

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author

NACHMAN SOLOMON HALEVI OF ZAMOCZ

printer

I. Bak

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1847

Description

FIRST EDITION. Vignette of Jerusalem on title. A fine, wide-margined copy. Signature of Joseph Halfon

references

Halevy 44; Vinograd Jerusalem 70

summary

The author was the first official Av Beth Din of the Aschkenazi Community of Jerusalem (although R. Joseph Zundel Salant may have arrived in Jerusalem prior, he only served as Dayan ). See A. L. Frumkin and E. Rivlin, Toldoth Chachmei Yerushulayim Vol. III, pp. 221-2, esp. no. 1

ff. (2) 8, 80. Contemporary gilt-stamped calf. 4to

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