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Auction 50 · Lot 118

(Ra”N). Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

Estimate
$500–$700
Hammer price
$800

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

author

GERONDI, NISSIM.

printer

Vicenzo Conti

Place

Cremona

Publication

1557

Description

Third edition. An attractive, wide-margined copy

references

Vinograd, Cremona 16; Benayahu, Cremona 10

summary

Only seventy-seven responsa from this great commentator to Alfasi’s Code are extant, and, as most compedia of reponsa, they reflect the Jewish life of the period, in this case, the economic difficulties of the Jewish Community of Barcelona during the second half of the 14th-century
ff. (16), 76. Few light stains. Modern marbled boards. 4to
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