Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Divrei Emet Responsa, Constantinople, 1760 – Glosses in the Handwriting of the Chida's Grandson
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Divrei Emet, questions and responsa and homiletics. By Rabbi Yitzchak ben David of Constantinople. Constantinople, [1760]. First edition.
Scholarly glosses in Oriental handwriting. In the long gloss on Leaf 79/b the proofreader writes: "See reponsum in the book Chaim Sha'al" and further in the gloss he mentions the "Ramaz". [Apparently, the writer of the gloss is the Mapah – Rabbi Moshe Pardo (1814-1888), great-grandson of the Chida author of Tzedek U'Mishpat. One of the leading Jerusalem rabbis where he served as dayan and Av Beit Din. During 1871-1888 he served as rabbi of Thebes Alexandria].
[6], 46, 117, 11, [1], 49 leaves, 31.5 cm. Fair condition. Detached leaves, moth damage, glued damage to title page margins. Stains and creases. Worn leather binding.
Scholarly glosses in Oriental handwriting. In the long gloss on Leaf 79/b the proofreader writes: "See reponsum in the book Chaim Sha'al" and further in the gloss he mentions the "Ramaz". [Apparently, the writer of the gloss is the Mapah – Rabbi Moshe Pardo (1814-1888), great-grandson of the Chida author of Tzedek U'Mishpat. One of the leading Jerusalem rabbis where he served as dayan and Av Beit Din. During 1871-1888 he served as rabbi of Thebes Alexandria].
[6], 46, 117, 11, [1], 49 leaves, 31.5 cm. Fair condition. Detached leaves, moth damage, glued damage to title page margins. Stains and creases. Worn leather binding.
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