Peleitath Beith Yehudah [responsa].

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $250

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author

LERMA, JUDAH.

printer

Antonio Calleoni for Bragadini

Place

Venice

Publication

1647

Description

First Edition. Title within woodcut border. Markings and stamps of previous owners on title, including the celebrated collector and scholar R. Mordechai Friedman of Mezhritch (nr. Brisk) and R. Shlomo Zalman ben Itzik of Posen (see Otzar HaRabbonim no. 18730).

references

Vinograd, Venice 1274.

summary

The 17th-century personality R. Judah Lerma served as the rabbi of Belgrade. This work was collected from his writings and published by his student, R. Simcha Ephraim Cohen following his death. The title ‘Remnant of the House of Judah’ was chosen by Cohen to allude to the fact that this was all that remained of Lerma’s impressive mind and towering stature - especially after a fire destroyed the majority of Lerma’s literary legacy before it could all be published.

ff. 80, (2). Stained, dampwrinkled previous owner’s marks. Later sheep, worn. 8vo.

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