KOLON, JOSEPH.

Daniel Bomberg

Venice

1519

(MaHaRY”K). Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]. A Wide-margined copy. ff.(10), 233. Some staining on preliminary index section, small marginal repair to title, previous owner’s signature and stamps on title and final leaf, censors signature on final leaf. * Bound with: ISSERLEIN, ISRAEL. Terumath Hadeshen [responsa]. ff. 131 (of 132) lacking final blank. Previous owner’s stamps on title and final leaf, censors signatures on final leaves, two leaves inserted fom another (smaller) copy

Vinograd, Venice 15; Habermann, Bomberg 16 (both Vinograd and Habermann erroneously note only one preliminary leaf); and: Vinograd, Venice 20; Habermann, Bomberg 15

The MaHaRY”K (c. 1420-1480) was the foremost Talmudic scholars during the second half of the 15th-century, his opinions on Halachic matters were sought from across Europe. This important collection of responsa had a seminal influence upon the development of the Halachah in Italy. Isserlein’s most important works are his responsa which were issued in two volumes-Terumath Hadeshen and Pesakim Ukethavim (see lot 160). It is said that most of the queries in this volume were posed by the author himself as opposed to the Pesakim Ukethavim where he addresses many of his respondents by name.