Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa, with novellae on the Talmudic tractates]

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $1,400

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author

KARO, JOSEPH

printer

Abraham Joseph Bat-Scheba

Place

Salonika

Publication

1598

Description

FIRST EDITION. Scattered marginalia in Sephardic hands.

references

Vinograd, Salonika 151; Adams J-338

summary

Published post-humously, the work contains an introduction by the Author’s son Judah, who states his father's death-bed instructions was to ensure his responsa were published. However Joseph Karo’s remaining responsa pertaining to other portions of the Shulchan Aruch were not published until 1791, under the title Avkath Rochel.

ff. (4),152. Title repaired not affecting text, lightly stained, trace worming on a few leaves. Modern elaborately tooled calf. Sm. folio

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