Shailoth U’Teshuvoth MaHaRa”M Me’Rothenburg [responsa]

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $1,300

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author

MEIR OF ROTHENBURG

Place

Prague

Publication

1608

Description

FIRST COMPLETE EDITION. Including the Enactments of Rabbeinu Gershom. Title within historiated woodcut border incorporating printer’s device (Yaari, Hebrew Printers Marks, no. 37).

references

Vinograd, Prague 161; Mehlman 753.

summary

First complete edition containing 1,020 responsa by this supreme arbiter of Halachic authority in Germany.

ff. 2, 5-114. Leaves 3-4 were destroyed during printing and are missing in all copies. Foxed and browned, previous owner’s marks on title. Modern crushed morocco with central gilt devices on covers. Folio.

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