Sepher Halachoth Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code] - Nezikin. Vol. III only (of 3).

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: $6,000

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

author

ALFASI, ISAAC BEN JACOB (RI”F).

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1522

Description

With Mordechai and commentaries. Title pages within woodcut architectural borders, opening words within white-on-black decorative woodcut vignettes. EXTENSIVE SCHOLARLY MARGINALIA IN AN ITALIAN HAND (17th/18th century).

references

Vinograd, Venice 34.

summary

Although the author of these extensive marginal notes is unidentified, there is a lengthy note at the bottom of f. 122b ending with the statement: “Mechidushei K[evod] M[oreinu] H[arav] R. Hillel Y[ishmereihu] T[zuro] V[ekono]”

ff. 392. (Shaarei Shavuoth section wanting - some copies contain final section of Shaarei Shavuoth ff. 9, (1) which was appended to copies of this edition after the colophon on f. 392). Title page repaired, previous owner’s marks, some staining, censored in places. Modern calf. Lg. folio.

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