(RaSHBa”TZ). Sepher ha-TaSHBe”TZ [responsa]

DURAN, SHIMON BEN TZEMACH.

Naphtali Herz Levi Rofe

Amsterdam

1738-1741

FIRST EDITION. Four parts in one volume. Engraved architectural border depicting Moses, Aaron, David and Solomon. Divisional ornamental woodcut title featuring lions, foliage and crown. Two other divisonal titles in typographical borders. Bound in original colored “Fish-skin” binding with tooled floral decorations

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1490

R. Shimon ben Zemach Duran (RaSHBa”TZ), a native of the isle of Majorca who settled in Algiers in 1391, was one of the most authoritative North African decisors of the fifteenth century. The concluding section of the book, subtitled “Chut ha-Meshulash,” comprises thirty-five responsa of R. Abraham ibn Tawwah, an Algerian authority who flourished in the sixteenth century and was a maternal great-grandson of R. Simon ben Tzemach Duran. See JE, Vol. XII, pp. 68-69. Popular lore has suggested that in the merit of Duran’s respect for holy books, his own works were beautifully bound. This Copy with Original Binding in Bright Condition