Sepher HaTaSHBe”TZ [responsa]. Appended: “Chut HaMeshulash” [responsa by later Algerian authorities: Solomon Duran, Solomon Serour and Abraham ibn Tawah]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $600

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

author

DURAN, SHIMON BEN TZEMACH.

printer

Naphtali Herz Levi Rophé

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1738

Description

FIRST EDITION. Four parts in one volume. Opening title within ornamental woodcut featuring lions, foliage and crown. Divisional titles.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1490.

summary

In 1391, R. Shimon b. Zemach (1361-1444) fled his native Spain (Isle of Majorca) for Algiers, where he became one of the foremost halachic decisors of North African Jewry.

ff. (12), 91; (1), 69, (1); 68, (1); (1), 36, (2), 39-83, (1), 85-101, (1). Ex-library, lightly browned. Modern half-calf over marbled boards. Folio.

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