Piskei Chalah [Rabbinic law - the precept of setting aside “chalah”]

Estimate: $8,000–$10,000
Hammer price: $9,000

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author

SOLOMON IBN ADRET (RaSHB”A).

printer

n.p.

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1515

Description

FIRST EDITION. Printed without a title page. Wide margins.

references

Vinograd, Const. 70; Yaari, Const. 84; Adams S-1406.

summary

Exceptionally rare monograph published prior to the Rashb”a’s larger works of novellae. The author was the foremost Spanish rabbi of the late 13th-early 14th century whose authoritative and highly influential rulings were an important source to Joseph Karo’s Shulchan Aruch.

ff. 14. Some staining, minuscule womholes in couple of places, slight marginal repair in places. Modern vellum. 4vo.

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