Responsa by the great rabbi, the Ga’on Rabbeinu Nissim Gerondi. Rome, [1545-1546]. Printing press of Yitzchak D’latash, Binyamin Marneinu and Antonio Bladau.
First edition of HaRan Responsa, which was printed according to a single manuscript [“as we have found in the sole copy”]. The book contains glosses by the printer Rabbi Yitzchak D’latash, a few of which begin with the initials “Ayal” [=Amar [said] Yitzchak Latash]. Question 2 was found in the manuscript without a response for which Rabbi Yitzchak D’latash wrote an answer. The colophon notes: “The spirit of G-D envelops me as I have viewed the responses of Rabbeinu Nissim…”.
173, [33] pages. 18.5 cm. Good condition, stains. Signature in Italian handwriting and ownership notations. Handwritten glosses on leaf margins [summary of topics of responses]. Damaged binding.