Piskei Halachoth [rabbinic law].

Estimate: $2,000–$2,500
Hammer price: $2,000

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author

RECANATI, MENACHEM.

printer

The (Silk) Partners

Place

Bologna

Publication

1538

Description

First Edition. First word within floriated surround. Wide margins. Signed by censors at end, censorship erasures often replaced in an early hand.

references

Vinograd, Bologna 12.

summary

First edition of the Piskei Halachoth, an important repository of Franco-German Halachic tradition. Later editions have been heavily censored, indeed lacking entire chapters. The majority of the censored material pertains to Gentiles, or to Jews who have converted to Christianity. See Y. Lipschitz, Piskei Hilchot Recanti in: Moriah, Vol. VIII nos. 6-7 (1979) pp. 2-9.

ff. (12), 62. Trace wormed, few stains. Few scattered stains. Modern morocco-backed boards. Sm. 4to.

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