Teshuvoth Shailoth [responsa].

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: $1,600

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author

MIZRACHI, ELIJAH.

printer

Solomon ben Isaac Ya’abetz

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1560

Description

FIRST EDITION. Wide-Margined Copy

references

Vinograd, Const. 217; Mehlman 758 Yaari, Const. 161; Adams M-1516.

summary

Elijah Mizrachi (c.1450-1526) was one of the most outstanding Rabbinic authorities of the Ottoman Empire. His responsa, written amidst the turbulence of the Spanish Inquisition, are of great historic interest as they concern the Jewish exiles who found sanctuary in Constantinople. The canceled leaves 109-10 (responsum 66) are extant in only two copies worldwide. They contain the author’s protestations concerning his son’s alleged conversion to Islam.

ff. 158. Wanting, as all copies, the canceled leaves 109 and 110. Previous owners’ notes, title laid to size, opening and closing few leaves with marginal repairs, some staining, slight marginal worming on a few leaves. Modern morocco-backed boards. Folio.

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