Divrei Yoseph [responsa]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $325

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

author

ERGAS, JOSEPH

printer

Abraham Meldola

Place

Livorno

Publication

1742

Description

First Edition. Title within three-piece ornamental border. Marginal scholarly notes in a Sephardic hand. A wide-margined large-paper copy.

references

Vinograd, Livorno 32.

summary

With an interesting introduction by Ergas’s disciple R. Malachi Hacohen (author of Yad Malachi) which includes a detailed biography of the author. Ergas (1685-1730) established a Yeshiva in Pisa and later served as Rabbi of Livorno. In addition to his halachic scholarship, Ergas is renowned for his polemics against Nechemia Hayon refuting Sabbatian belief. See E. Carlebach, The Pursuit of Heresy (1990) pp. 137-43.

ff. (1), 110. Trace wormed. Modern boards. Sm. folio.

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