(Arba’ah Turim). Yoreh De’ah [Rabbinic Code]. With commentary Beth Yoseph by R. Yoseph Karo.

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: $3,200

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author

JACOB BEN ASHER.

printer

Giovanni Griffio

Place

Venice

Publication

1564

Description

Second edition with commentary. Elaborate printer’s mark (Yaari, Hebrew Printer’s Marks p. 18, no. 30). Wide margins.

references

Vinograd, Venice 491.

summary

Published during the lifetime of R. Joseph Karo with an introduction containing interesting plays on the word “Karo” by R. Shmuel b. Yitzchak Boehm, who states he corrected many mistakes found in the first edition of this work after examining problematic readings with the Gaon R. Meir Katzenellenbogen of Padua. According to Amram (Hebrew Printing in Italy, p. 350) this was one of the first books to be printed following the removal of the ban on Hebrew printing in 1563.

ff. 31, 398. Opening and closing leaves remargined, variously stained, previous owner’s marks. Modern morocco. Thick folio.

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