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Auction 38 · Lot 177

(MaHaRI”K). (She'eloth u-Teshuvoth) [responsa]

Estimate
$800–$1,200
Hammer price
$700

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

author

KOLON, JOSEPH

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1519

Description

FIRST EDITION. Wide margined copy

references

Both Vinograd (Venice 15) and Habermann (Bomberg 16) erroneously note only 1 preliminary leaf; not in Adams

summary

R. Joseph Kolon (c.1420-1480) served as Rabbi of Mantua and later of Pavia, where he established an important center of Talmudic learning. His Responsa, collected after his death, had a seminal influence upon the development of the Halachah in Italy. See EJ, Vol. V, cols. 747-8
ff.(10), 233. Title and ff.7-8 provided in facsimile. ff.1-6, 9-10 and final 4 leaves laid to size, stained. Recent boards. 4to
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