Auction 46 · Lot 39

(RO”Sh). Sepher Kitzur Piskei HaRO”Sh [digest of legal decisions]. Composed by the Author’s son R. Jacob, (author Arba’ah Turim)

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: $3,000

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author

ASHER BEN YECHIEL

printer

Judah Sasson and Samuel ibn Nahmias

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1515

Description

FIRST EDITION. Printed in double columns.

references

Vinograd, Const. 74; Yaari, Const. 42; Mehlman 734; Adams 2062; Heller, pp.70-71

summary

The contribution of R. Asher ben Yechiel (c.1250-1327) to Halacha is of fundamental significance. His decisions are one of three pillars upon which R. Joseph Karo relied in formulating his final synthesis of the Shulchan Aruch (the other two being the legal rulings of R. Isaac Alfasi and of Maimonides). A native of Germany, R. Asher settled in Toledo, Spain in 1305, where he became acquainted with the Sephardic tradition, however, in terms of halacha, his work is reflective of the Aschkenazic orientation.

ff.116. Title page provided in facsimile, stained, f.2 repaired with loss, some leaves remarginedModern elegant blind-tooled calf. Folio

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