Bidspirit auction | HALPERIN, JACOB

HALPERIN, JACOB - Nachlath Ya’akov [responsa]. FIRST EDITION. Title within six-part woodcut border embellished with floral motifs. With the approbation of R. Isaiah Horowitz - the Shalo”h HaKadosh. ff. 53. Previous owner’s marks, lightly worn and stained. Modern crushed morocco tooled in gilt. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Padua 4. Gasparo Crivellari, Padua: 1622-23. An important work of responsa containing a wealth of contemporary information. The author corresponded with some of the greatest rabbis of his generation including the Shalo”h, Levush, Simcha Luzzatto of Venice, and others (see listing on f. 2r).