Auction 31 · Lot 242

...Pesakim Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $700

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

author

MINZI, JUDAH (Mahr”i Mintz)

printer

Alvise Bragadin

Place

Venice

Publication

1553

Description

FIRST EDITION. Printer’s mark depicting three crowns

references

Vinograd, Venice 460; not in Adams

summary

Three-part work including Seder Gitin Vechalitzah (on Divorce) by the Author’s son Abraham Minz, as well as a further 90 responsa by R. Abraham’s son-in-law, Meir Katzenellenbogen (MaHRa”M of Padua). Of unusual interest, Responsum number 5, permits the marriage of a prostitute nursing a child, in order to prevent her and her proposed husband from opprobrium. Responsum number 9 concerns the correct Bar Mitzvah date of a boy born in a leap year. Responsum number 16 discusses cross-dressing on Purim

ff. 134. Paper repair to upper corner of title page, light stains in places, few passages and single words (e.g. “meshumad”) censored. Recent half calf, rubbed. 4to

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