Auction 70 · Lot 311

Lumbroso, Isaac. Zera Yitzchak [novellae to the Talmud, with supplement on Maimonides.]

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $800

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

author

(TUNISIA).

printer

Joshua HaKohen Tanugi

Place

Tunis

Publication

1768

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within elaborate architectural arch.

references

Vinograd, Tunis 1.

summary

Isaac Lumbroso (d. 1752) served as chief rabbi of Tunis. In the aftermath of the schism dividing the Jews of the city into two factions - native Tunisians and Gournis, or Italians - Lumbroso was appointed rabbinic judge of the latter. Lumbroso was one of the finest students of R. Tzemach Sarfati and his reputation as Talmudist survives to the present. See JE, vol. VIII, pp. 153-4. THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN TUNISIA. According to Vinograd, the first of only three Hebrew books printed in this capital city.

ff. (4), 278,(6), 20, lacking final addenda/errata leaves. Ex-library, title and f. 130 supplied from another copy, lightly worn and stained, trace wormed. Modern boards. Folio.

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