Arba’ah Turim [Code of Jewish Law]

Estimate: $5,000–$7,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

JACOB BEN ASHER.

printer

Eliezer ben Gershom Soncino

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1538-40

Description

Bound in two volumes. First word of every section in decorative vignette. ff. 51-54 and 56 with diagrams of Eruvin; ff. 58b-59a with calendar. Extensive marginal notes and corrections in various hands. Final two leaves of Vol. I and final page of Vol. II contain Midrashic material including a citation of R. Menachem Azariah of Fano; laws of mourning; and Takanoth of R. Yaakov mentioning Troyes, Paris and other cities, advocating against adjudicating legal affairs in secular court.

references

Vinograd, Const. 167; Yaari, Const. 130; Mehlman 729; St. Cat. Bodl. 5500-6 (“ed quoque rara.”)

summary

A fundamental Rabbinic treatise embracing all the laws and customs incumbent both on an individual and the community as a whole. Its overriding authority has been recognized and accepted by Jewish scholars for generations. The scholarly editor, R. Yechiel ben Reuben Aschkenazi, added to this edition marginal notes citing the Ri’f, Ro’sh and Ramba’m indicating sources not noted in earlier editions.

ff. 349 (of 357). Vol. I: ff. 174. Lacking ff. 1-2 and ff. 3-4 of sig. 2. * Vol. II: ff. 175. Lacking f. 2 of sig. 15, portion of table of contents of Even Ha’ezer. Variously worn and stained, crude paper repairs with loss, wormed in places. Recent calf. Folio. Sold not subject to return.

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