Moses Galante. Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa]. Published by the author’s son Yedidiah Galante, with his novellae to several Talmudic Tractates. Includes novellae of R. Isaac Aboab to Beitzah, Ra”N to Shavu’oth, and Rit”Ba to Bava Metzi’a.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
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author

(KREMNITZ, YISSACHAR BAER OF).

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1608

Description

FIRST EDITION of R. Isaac Aboab’s novellae to Beitzah. Title within woodcut architectural border. signature of Yissachar Ber of Kremnitz on f. 6b of the index (bound between ff. 70-1).

references

Vinograd, Venice 1044.

summary

The signatory is apparently R. Yissachar Ber of Kremnitz, author of many Kabbalistic works especially pertaining to the Zohar including: Yesh Sachar (Prague, 1609), Pitchei Kah (Prague, 1609), Imrei Binah (Prague, 1611) and Mekor Chochmah (Prague, 1611). According to Gershom Scholem all these works are “the most useful” for the study of the Zohar (see Kabbalah, p. 239

ff. 190 (of 192), lacking final two leaves, ff. 6. Margins frayed with loss, few paper repairs, stained and wormed in places, paper repair on ff. 189-9 with some loss. Later boards, worn. Folio.

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