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Sepher Agur [Halachic Code].

Auction 96 · Lot 306

Sepher Agur [Halachic Code].

Estimate
$300–$500
Hammer price
$400

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

author

LANDAU, YA’AKOV.

printer

Cornelio Adelkind for Giustiniani

Place

Venice

Publication

1546

Description

The Israel Mehlman copy.

references

Vinograd, Venice 261.

summary

The last rabbinic code written by a German scholar before the Shulchan Aruch was compiled, the Sepher Agur follows the order of the Tur and contains fourteen hundred and thirty nine sections, primarily focusing upon ritual, the laws of the Sabbath and the Festivals. The author’s intention was to add the decisions of the later German scholars, such as the Mahari’l and R. Yisrael Isserlein, which has been been omitted by R. Ya’akov ben Asher’s Tur.
ff. 132. Lacking final final four leaves (Sepher Chazon). Wormed, few stains, title laid down. Modern boards. Sm. 4to.
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