Sepher ha-Agudah [Halachic compendium arranged in order of the tractates of the Talmud]

Estimate: $2,500–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,750

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author

ALEXANDER SUESSLIN HAKOHEN OF FRANKFURT

printer

Isaac Prostitz

Place

Cracow

Publication

1571

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within elaborate architectural arch. Letters of initial words in vignettes. Printed in double columns. Former owner’s signature on title.

references

Vinograd, Cracow 32; not in Adams

summary

Published from a manuscript with corrections supplied by Joseph Hakohen (brother-in-law of Moses Isserles), author of responsa She’erith Yoseph. The author (d. 1348), was a disciple of R. Isaac of Dueren and served as rabbi in Cologne, Worms and Frankfurt. The Sepher ha-Agudah, a popular, authoritative code, is cited extensively by R. Jacob ha-Levi Moellin (Mahari”l) and R. Moses Isserles (Ram”a). See EJ, Vol. II, cols. 585-6 (incl. facsimile)

ff. 4, 250. Some staining, slight tear to f.158. Contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards with various historiated panels, later clasps. Rebacked. Folio

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