Auction 66 · Lot 140

(RIBa”SH). Teshuvoth Harav [responsa]

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

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

author

ISAAC B”R SHESHETH PERFET

printer

Eliezer Soncino

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1546

Description

FIRST EDITION . Title within four-part ornamental border. Scattered marginalia.

references

Vinograd, Const. 193; Yaari, Const. 145; (both Vinograd and Yaari provide erroneous pagination, see J. Hacker, Areshet V, p. 483).

summary

One of the leading scholars of his day, the Riba”sh was a disciple of R. Nissim Gerondi and a colleague of Don Hasdai Crescas. He left his native Spain in 1391 when the great massacres broke out and settled in Algiers. His Teshuvoth Harav contains 518 responsa, dealing with all phases of Halachic law. Unlike his predecessors, the Riba”sh wrote his responsa at length, basing his decisions on specific documentation from the sources. The collection is particularly important for the social history of the Jews in 14th-century Spain and North Africa.

ff. (282), (21). A complete copy despite an earlier owner’s erroneous penned pagination. The scarce 21 ff. indices supplied at the end from another copy. Previous owner’s marks, marginal paper repairs to indices with few words in facsimile, some staining, slight worming in places. Modern morocco. Folio.

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