Shulchan Aruch [code of Jewish Law]. Yoreh De’ah. With commentary by Moses Isserles (ReM”A).

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

KARO, JOSEPH.

printer

The Children of Isaac Prostitz

Place

Cracow

Publication

1618-19

Description

Vol. II (of 4). Title within architectural arch, printer’s device on verso and last page. Three previous owners’ signatures on verso of final leaf (the second dated 1678).

references

Vinograd, Cracow 325; Mehlman 784.

summary

One of the printers mentioned in the colophon was the nephew of the ReM”a. He was the son of the ReM”a’s brother-in-law, the communal leader “Shmuel ben HaGaon HaGadol, Nasi Nasi’ei HaLeviyim, HaShalom HaChasid, Moreinu HaRav R. Pinchas Horowitz.”

ff. 170 (mispaginated). Few marginal tears, stained. Contemporary calf-backed wooden boards, lacking upper cover. Sm. 4to.

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