Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Masa Melech – Salonika, 1601 – Signatures

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Sold for: $875
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Masa Melech, tax laws, by Rabbi Yosef Ibn-Ezra. [Salonika], 1601. Only edition.
Rabbi Yosef ben Yitzchak Ibn-Ezra (died c. 1602), disciple of the Maharshadam, one of the leading rabbis of Turkey in his time. Especially renowned for his book “Atzmot Yosef”, a basic book on Tractate Kiddushin.
Oriental curled signatures by "The youngest of the group Chaim Ye'uda" [Rabbi Chaim Yehuda, a Salonika Torah scholar of the 17th century. Son-in-law of Rabbi Shlomo Amarliv, author of “Kerem Shlomo”], and of Rabbi "Shmuel ben Shlomo Abdullah" [Rabbi Shlomo Abdullah/Havdala was disciple of Rabbi Chaim Yehuda – see attached material]. *Signature and fine stamp of Rabbi Shmuel Heller Av Beit Din of Safed.
On the last page is a long inscription [slightly cutoff] in Oriental handwriting.
72 Seventy-two leaves. 26.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, few moth marks, restored damages, small tear with omission, ex-libris stamps, newly bound.
Early printed books – Resh and Shin Years
Early printed books – Resh and Shin Years