(Ra”N). Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $900

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author

GERONDI, NISSIM

printer

Vicenzo Conti

Place

Cremona

Publication

1557

Description

Third edition

references

Vinograd, Cremona 16; Benayahu, Cremona 10; not in Adams

summary

Only seventy-seven of the Ra”N’s responsa are extant, most compendiums of reponsa, they reflect Jewish life of the period, especially the economic difficulties of the Jewish Community of Barcelona during the second half of the 14th-century.

ff. (16), 76. Stained in places,with many previous owners marks, including a genealogy of the Berliner Family. Ex-library. Later calf-backed boards, rubbed. Sm. 4to

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