Teshuvoth Shailoth [responsa]

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

MIZRACHI, ELIJAH.

printer

Solomon Ya’abetz

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1560

Description

FIRST EDITION . A Wide-Margined Copy.

references

Vinograd, Const. 217 (records ff. 158 complete); Mehlman 758; Yaari, Const. 161; Adams M-1516.

summary

Elijah Mizrachi (c.1450-1526) was one of the most outstanding Rabbinic authorities of the Ottoman Empire. His responsa are of great historic interest, written as they were, amidst the turbulence of the Spanish Inquisition and often concern those Jewish exiles who migrated to Turkey. The canceled leaves 109-10 (responsum 66) are extant in only two copies. They contain the author’s protestations and polemic with R. J. Algazi concerning the author’s son’s alleged conversion to Islam.

ff. 157 (160), wanting, as per all copies, the canceled leaves 109 and 110, as well as f. 157, title repaired with couple letters in facsimile, ff. 80-1 provided from an shorter copy, final two leaves remargined. Trace marginal worming, some dampstaining. Modern blind-tooled calf. Folio.

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