Beth Yisrael [commentary to Jacob ben Asher’s Tur - Yoreh De’ah]. Subdivided into two commentaries “Derishah” and “Perishah.”

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: $900

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author

FALK, JOSHUA KATZ.

printer

Tzvi ben Abraham Kalonymos Jaffe

Place

Lublin

Publication

1635

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within decorative typographical border and surrounding Biblical verses. Uncommon woodcut printer’s device depicting the zodiac sign “Deli” (Aquarius) on f. 4v. (See Yaari, Hebrew Printers’ Marks, p. 501 (appendices); Yudlov, Hebrew Printers’ Marks, pp. 55-7).

references

Vinograd, Lublin 182.

summary

A classic commentary later published in all standard edition of the Tur. The author (ca. 1555-1614) is also known in rabbinic circles as the Drishah after his halachic works.

ff. 356. Scattered marginalia, stained, heavily browned in places, leaves loose, some worming (mostly marginal) in places. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum over wooden boards, gutter split, variously worn. Thick folio.

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