Pesakim Ukethavim [responsa]

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

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

author

ISSERLEIN, ISRAEL

printer

Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani

Place

Venice

Publication

1546

Description

Second edition. Printer’s device on title. (Yaari, Printer’s Marks no. 16)

references

Vinograd, Venice 289; Habermann; Adelkind 32; Adams I-244

summary

“Isserlein’s most important work is his responsa...(they) contain valuable material on the general history of the Jews in Germany in the 15th-century and in particular on the organization of the communities and their spiritual life. “ EJ, IX cols. 1080-81 (illustrated)

ff. 77. Dampstained. f.77 suppled from another copy and neatly remargined, signed by censors on verso of final leaf. Recent navy blue morocco-backed cloth. 4to

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