(RI’F). Sepher Halachoth Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code]. With Mordechai and commentaries.

Estimate: $30,000–$40,000
Hammer price: $34,000

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author

ALFASI, ISAAC BEN JACOB

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1521

Description

Complete in three volumes. Title pages within woodcut architectural borders, opening words within white-on-black decorative woodcut vignettes.

references

Vinograd, Venice 34.

summary

EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT EDITION. The RI”F is the most significant Halachic compendium prior to the Yad HaChazakah of Maimonides and remains an important and widely admired Code. R. Joseph Caro regarded Alfasi’s scholarship with the utmost respect and determined the laws in his Shulchan Aruch upon his authority.

Collation and condition report available upon request. Uniform modern calf. Thick folio.

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