Auction 65 · Lot 83

Terumath Hadeshen [responsa]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $3,600

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

author

ISSERLEIN, ISRAEL.

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1519

Description

FIRST EDITION. THE DON JUDAH ABRABANEL COPY with his signature on title-page.

references

Vinograd, Venice 20; Habermann, Bomberg 15.

summary

Following the Spanish Expulsion, Judah Abrabanel (c.1465-c.1523) settled in Italy and there became one of the major standard-bearers of the Italian Renaissance. The eldest son of Don Isaac Abrabanel, but more commonly known as Leone Ebreo, Judah Abrabanel’s literary fame rests upon his “Dialoghi di Amore,” among the most popular philosophical works of the age. “Isserlein’s most important work is his responsa…(they) contain valuable material on the general history of the Jews in Germany in the 15th-century and in particular on the organization of the communities and their spiritual life.” EJ, IX cols. 1080-81. It is said that most of the queries in this work were posed by the author himself.

ff. (132). Minimally stained in places, small portion of outer border of opening five leaves repaired with few words supplied in manuscript, similarly in sig. 29, upper margin repaired in sig. 27. Later vellum-backed marbled boards. 4to.

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