Sha’iloth U’Teshuvoth Mahari”l [responsa].

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $500

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

author

MOELLIN, JACOB.

printer

Vicenzo Conti

Place

Cremona

Publication

1556

Description

Title surrounded by four-piece vignettes border.

references

Vinograd, Cremona 4; Benayahu, Cremona 3.

summary

The Mahari”l (c.1360-1427) was the leading rabbi of his generation and founder of a Yeshiva in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Deeply respected for his mastery of Halakha, his rabbinic rulings are considered foundational for the customs of Ashkenazic Jewry.

ff. (8), 79. Misbound but complete. Previous owners’ marks, light waterstains, trace wormed. Modern vellum. 8vo.

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