Sheiloth U’Teshuvoth HaReMa”Z [responsa]

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

ZACUTO, MOSES

printer

Gad Foa

Place

Venice

Publication

1761

Description

FIRST EDITION. The Saul Ben Aryeh Leib Loewestam copy. With an inscription on the title in a neat precise Ashkenazic hand indicating that the book belonged to the "Great eagle, Crown of the Geonim, Meor Ha-Golah R. Saul...of Amsterdam."

references

Vinograd, Venice 1956; See Pe’amim, The Rabbi Moses Zacuto Issue, No. 96 (2003)

summary

The previous owner, known as R. Shaul Amsterdamer, Av Beth Din of Amsterdam, was one of the foremost Rabbis of his generation. His brother was R. Tzvi Hirsch Berlin and his uncle was R. Jacob Emden

ff. 4, 58. Slight staining, with stamp of previous owner and bookplate of N. H. Van Biema. Contemporary boards. 4to

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