(RO”SH). Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $600

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author

ASHER BEN YECHIEL

printer

Meir Parenzo for Alvise Bragadin

Place

Venice

Publication

1552

Description

Second edition. Printer’s device on title (Yaari, Printer’s Marks no. 18). Expressions pertaining to gentiles censored, scattered scholarly marginalia

references

Vinograd, Venice 451

summary

These responsa reflect the conditions of Jewish life in central and southern Spain. For a discussion of these conditions as apparant from R. Asher’s responsa, see M. Waxman, Vol. II pp.167-69

ff. 158. Variously stained, previous owners' marks. Later calf, rubbed. Folio

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