Sheiloth U’Teshuvoth Veshav HaKohen [responsa]. * With: Sheilath Hakohanim Torah [novellae to Kodashim]

Estimate: $2,000–$2,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

RAPHAEL HAKOHEN (HAMBURGER).

printer

Eckstorff

Place

Altona

Publication

1792

Description

FIRST EDITION . Two titles. This copy with ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR laid in.

references

Vinograd, Altona 149, 151; Rubens, Jewish Iconography 2083.

summary

The author (1722-1803) was a disciple of the Shaagath Aryeh and teacher of R. Chaim of Volozhin. He was appointed Chief Rabbi of the combined comunities of Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbeck in 1776. Ideologically, he was Moses Mendelssohn’s most bitter opponent and unsuccessfully attempted to have the Biur translation banned while it was still in manuscript. See A. Altmann, Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study (1973) pp. 383-88, 392-93.

ff. (2), 154, 13; 2, 40, (6). Slight marginal worming on first few leaves few light stains. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, some wear. Folio.

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