Ma’aseh Chiya [novellae and responsa]

Estimate: $120–$180
Hammer price: $100

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

CHIYA ROPHE.

printer

Samuel Bonfite Schneur

Place

Fürth

Publication

1727

Description

Second edition.

references

Vinograd, Fürth 105.

summary

The author, entitled “Harav HaMusmach” on the title-page, was ordained by R. Ya’akov Berab during the Semicha Controversy in Safed. He was a colleague of R. Yoseph Karo and studied Kabbalah with R. Chaim Vital. For a full appreciation of his personality and work, see the lengthy article by M. Benayahu, in Aresheth Vol. II (1960) pp. 109-29.

ff. (2), 109. Browned, trace wormed. Modern calf. 4to.

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