Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Maharam Responsum - Prague, 1608 – Antique Glosses
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Sold for: $1,000
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Responsum by Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg Prague, 1608. Illustrated title page, with a foreword by the publisher Rabbi Yitzchak Ha-Cohen, son in law of the Maharal of Prague.
Antique, content filled glosses, the author mentions his Rabbi rulings in two places [on the 24 month count for the Mineket Chavero and on the topic of a torn Sefer Torah. The author of the glosses may be the disciple of the Av Beit Din who is mentioned in the “Chinuch Beit Yehuda” responsum (Frankfurt am main 1705), Siman 127]. The glosses were written after 1691, since they mention the “Beit Hillel” which was printed that year.
2, 5-114 leaves. 31.5 cm. Good-fair condition, flaws, moth damage, several cuts and damages worn margins. The glosses are slightly cut. Rebound
Antique, content filled glosses, the author mentions his Rabbi rulings in two places [on the 24 month count for the Mineket Chavero and on the topic of a torn Sefer Torah. The author of the glosses may be the disciple of the Av Beit Din who is mentioned in the “Chinuch Beit Yehuda” responsum (Frankfurt am main 1705), Siman 127]. The glosses were written after 1691, since they mention the “Beit Hillel” which was printed that year.
2, 5-114 leaves. 31.5 cm. Good-fair condition, flaws, moth damage, several cuts and damages worn margins. The glosses are slightly cut. Rebound
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