Isaac Gershon (Ed.) Mashbith Milchamoth.

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $700

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author

(ITALY)

printer

Zanetti

Place

Venice

Publication

1606

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within type-ornament border.

references

Vinograd, Venice 1015.

summary

The first of a trilogy concerning a celebrated controversy relating to the Halachic validity of the ritual-bath in Rovigo, Northern Italy. See A. Yaari, Mechkarei Sepher (1958) pp. 420-29; M. Carmilly-Weinberger, Censorship & Freedom Expression in Jewish History (1977) pp. 160-1.

ff. 94, 3. Trace stained with minimal worming. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Sm. 4to.

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