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187 Rabbeinu Yerucham. Constantinople,
1516. Complete Copy in Special Condition
Toldot Adam V'Chava and Sefer Meisharim, by Rabbeinu Yerucham of Provence. Constantinople, 1513. First edition. Copy in special condition.
Speci cations: 272, [14]; 122 leaves. 26 cm. Ya׳ari Kushta 50.
First edition of the renowned halachic work by one of the foremost Rishonim, who the Beit Yosef quotes thousands (!) of times.
Figure of a lion on the title page as the symbol of the printer Yehuda Sasson at the printing press of Shmuel Nachmias, and a small similar symbol at the end of the colophon. Refer to: A. Ya׳ari, Diglei HaMadpisim HaIvri׳im no. 8.
e book before us is the rst book known to have been printed booklet by booklet, which were distributed on Shabbat in the synagogue, and the purchasers could pay by installment and the printers did not have to invest large sums of money in advance only to receive the money after the entire book was printed,
which, at the time, took many months. A halachic question was raised as to whether this is permitted on Shabbat. Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi ibn Chakim who permitted the the matter in the polemic in 1546 regarding such a sale, relied on the precedent of Rabbeinu Yerucham׳s book, that the rabbi would preach about it in the synagogues on Shabbat.
One of the rst products of the Hebrew printing press in Constantinople, which was the rst Hebrew printing press in the oriental countries and in the Ottoman Empire.
Complete copy, with all the leaves of indexes. Handwritten glosses.
Perfect condition.
Magni cent leather binding.
O/b $8,000 Est. $12,000-$14,000
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