(RI”F). Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code].

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

ALFASI, YITZCHAK

printer

Bruin & Marcaria

Place

Riva di Trento

Publication

1558

Description

Complete in three volumes. With commentaries of Rashi, R. Nissim Gerondi and R. Jonah Gerondi. Edited by Joseph Ottolenghi. Titles with Card. Christofil Madrucci’s seal and cherubs. Occasional marginalia, censored.

references

Vinograd, Riva di Trento 1.

summary

The first Hebrew book printed in Riva di Trento. The RI”F is the most significant Halachic compendium prior to the Yad HaChazakah of Maimonides. R. Yoseph Caro regarded R. Alfasi’s scholarship with the utmost respect and determined the laws in his Shulchan Aruch upon his authority.

Stained in places, stamps removed, titles repaired (esp. vol. 2). Uniform modern calf. Folio.

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