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(MaHaRY”K). Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa].

Auction 74 · Lot 134

(MaHaRY”K). Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa].

Estimate
$700–$900
Hammer price
$1,250

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

author

KOLON, JOSEPH

printer

Vincenzo Conti

Place

Cremona

Publication

1557

Description

Second edition. Title within architectural arch.

references

Vinograd Cremona 17; Mehlman 773.

summary

With an improved index not included in the first edition, based upon the work of R. Chiya Meir ben David (editor of Bomberg’s Talmud), according to the order of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah and with general notes relating to Minhag. The MaHaRY”K (1420-80) was the foremost Talmudic scholar during the second half of the 15th-century whose opinions on Halachic matters were sought across the European Continent.
ff. (12), 173 (i.e. 172). Lightly browned, dampwrinkled, signed by censors at end. Modern calf. Folio.
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