Bidspirit auction | She’erith Yoseph [on the methodology

She’erith Yoseph [on the methodology of the Talmud]. Mantua, 1593. - Sefer Shearit Yosef – collection of basic rules for studying the Mishnah and Talmud that weren’t printed in Halichot Olam or Sefer Keritut, by Rabbi Yosef Ibn Verga. Mantua: Tommaso Ruffinelli, 1593. Published by Yitzchak and Shlomo, sons of Rabbi Shmuel Manorci. 44 Leaves. 19 Cm. Antique signature on the title page: Samuel son of Naphtali Hirtz Segal Weill, 1698. Antique signature & Stamp: Mejer Muntz. The author, who lived in Turkey, was the son of Solomon ibn Verga, author of the great historical chronicle, Shevet Yehudah. On the title-page here he asserts that he assembled many Talmudic principles not included in earlier works on Talmudic methodology such as: Sepher Kerithoth by Samson of Chinon and Halichoth Olam by Isaiah Halevi.