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Lot 335

Divrei Rivot Responsa – Signatures and glosses by Rabbi Moshe Hakohen

Divrei Rivot, by Rabbi Yitzchak Adarbi. Venice, 1587. Second edition.
On the back of the title page, there are signatures from Rabbi Moshe Hakohen, ownership’s inscriptions and a receipt attesting that Rabbi Moshe Hakohen bought the book from “The great scholar Rabbi Nathan Kazish”.
Long scholastic glosses and brief remarks, handwritten by Rabbi Moshe Hakohen. In his remarks, Rabbi Moshe Hakohen debates on what the author wrote. [The author of the glosses may be Rabbi Moshe Hakohen from Constantinople, author of the “Kehunat ‘Olam” (Constantinople 1740) who was one of the greatest Constantine scholars, contemporary to the “Mishneh La-melekh” and the previous generation, Otzar Harabanim 14770].
Leaf 138b bears the signature of Rabbi "Yitzchak HaLevi". On leaf 194, there is a dedication in different writing from Yitzchak [Aborash?] who gave the book to Rabbi Israel Yitzchaki.
194, [1] 194-198 leaves. 30cm. Fair condition, moth-damages. Restored title page and last five leaves. Rebound, worn.