(RaSHBa”TZ). Sepher HaTaSHBa”’TZ [responsa]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $450

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

author

DURAN, SHIMON BEN TZEMACH

printer

Naphtali Herz Levi Rofe

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1738

Description

FIRST EDITION. Four parts. Three (of 4) titles with ornamental woodcuts with lions, foliage and a crown.

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.

Part One: ff. (12), 92. f.28 slightly torn. Part Two: ff. (1), 69. Part Three: ff. (1), 69. Part Four: ff. (1), 36, (2), 39-83, (1), 85-101, (1). A pleasingly clean copy. Contemporary mottled calf with central gold cartouche, spine worn. Thick folio

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