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Auction 53 · Lot 203

Perach Mateh Aharon [responsa]

Estimate
$200–$300
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

PERACHYAH, AARON

printer

Moses Mendes Coutinho

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1703

Description

FIRST EDITION. Two parts in one volume. Two titles within historiated woodcut architectural borders.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 760; Fuks, Amsterdam 576

summary

An important halachic decisor among his native Salonikan rabbis, the responsa of Aaron Perachyah (1627? -1697), reflect the 17th-century condition of Turkish Jewry in general, and Salonika in particular. See EJ, Vol. XIII, col. 271.
ff. (3), 249; (3), 168). Some staining, margin of final leaf slightly frayed and with tear. Ex-library. Later boards. Folio
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