Bidspirit auction | ASCHKENAZI, BEZALEL BEN AVRAHAM (“Shitah

ASCHKENAZI, BEZALEL BEN AVRAHAM (“Shitah Mekubetzeth.”) Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa] FIRST EDITION. Printer’s device on title - escutcheon with three fleurs-de-lis surmounted by crown, surrounded by elaborate ornamental border. Signed on title-page by Wolf Wertheim. ff. 114. Ex-library, worn and stained in places. Modern bright maroon calf. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 813. Venice: Matteo Zanetti and Comin Presegno 1595 In 1587 the author succeeded R. Chaim Vital as leader of the Jerusalem Community. His relentless pursuit of Hebrew manuscripts resulted in his magnum opus, the Shitah Mekubetzeth. Responsa no. 3 here is R. David ibn Zimra’s famous edict against the Karaites.