Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art
Issur VeHeter – Ferrara, 1555 – First Edition
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $4,500
Including buyer's premium
Issur VeHeter, by R. Yonah Ashkenazi of Regensburg. Ferrara: Abraham ibn Usque, [1555]. First edition.
Title page states that the book was authored by R. Yonah (the book was occasionally misattributed to Rabbenu Yonah Gerondi). This book, which is also known as Issur VeHeter HaAroch, was authored by R. Yonah son of R. Isserl Ashkenazi, a Torah scholar of Regensburg, and dayan in the Beit Din of R. Yisrael Bruna. R. Yonah was the disciple and mechutan of R. Yisrael Isserlein, author of Terumat HaDeshen. Issur VeHeter HaAroch became one of the primary sources of Halachic rulings on Kashrut for Ashkenazi Jews.
Usque's printer's device at center of title page.
Signature on title page (in Italian script).
[174] leaves. Gathering 11 bound before gathering 10. 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains and traces of past dampness (with mold on several leaves). Open tears to title page and other leaves at beginning and end of book, affecting border and text on verso of title page, repaired with paper. Some worming to title page, repaired with paper. New leather binding.
The present copy includes the final two leaves of errata, which are lacking in many copies.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
Title page states that the book was authored by R. Yonah (the book was occasionally misattributed to Rabbenu Yonah Gerondi). This book, which is also known as Issur VeHeter HaAroch, was authored by R. Yonah son of R. Isserl Ashkenazi, a Torah scholar of Regensburg, and dayan in the Beit Din of R. Yisrael Bruna. R. Yonah was the disciple and mechutan of R. Yisrael Isserlein, author of Terumat HaDeshen. Issur VeHeter HaAroch became one of the primary sources of Halachic rulings on Kashrut for Ashkenazi Jews.
Usque's printer's device at center of title page.
Signature on title page (in Italian script).
[174] leaves. Gathering 11 bound before gathering 10. 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains and traces of past dampness (with mold on several leaves). Open tears to title page and other leaves at beginning and end of book, affecting border and text on verso of title page, repaired with paper. Some worming to title page, repaired with paper. New leather binding.
The present copy includes the final two leaves of errata, which are lacking in many copies.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries