Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $550

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

author

ASCHKENAZI, BEZALEL

printer

Matteo Zanetti and Comin Presegno

Place

Venice

Publication

1595

Description

FIRST EDITION. Printer’s device on title - escutcheon with three fleurs-de-lys surmounted by crown (not in Yaari, Printer’s Marks), surrounded by elaborate ornamental border. Scattered marginalia in Italian and Ashkenazic hands

references

Vinograd, Venice 813; not in Adams

summary

The highly wrought title-page was a hallmark of the Zanetti family of printers. The author succeeded Chaim Vital as leader of the Jerusalem Community in 1587. His relentless pursuit of ancient Hebrew manuscripts, even hiring scribes to assist in copying and editing, resulted in his magnum opus, the Shitah Mekubetzeth. Responsa no. 3 here is R. David ibn Zimra’s famous edict against the Karaites

ff. 114. Censors signatures on title and verso of final leaf, slight worming on title and first two leaves, small marginal hole on f. 65, repair on verso of final page. Ex-library. Modern boards. Sm. folio

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