(RO”SH). Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa].

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

ASHER BEN YECHIEL

printer

Zanetti

Place

Venice

Publication

1607

Description

Amended edition. Title within historiated woodcut architectural form border.

references

Vinograd, Venice 1034.

summary

The responsa are divided into one hundred and eight thematic groups and provide a most vivid picture of the conditions of Jewish life in 14th-century Spain. See M. Waxman, History of Jewish Literature (1933) Vol. II, pp. 167-169; EJ, Vol. III, cols. 706-08.

ff. 180, 2, (16). Lightly stained, title repaired, several leaves remargined. Modern calf. Folio.

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