Bidspirit auction | ALFASI, YITZCHAK. (RI”F). Rav Alfas

ALFASI, YITZCHAK. (RI”F). Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code]. Complete in three volumes.  With commentaries of Rashi, R. Nissim Gerondi and R. Yonah Gerondi. Edited by Yoseph Ottolenghi. Titles with Card. Christofil Madrucci’s seal and cherubs. Rabbinic marginalia in various early hands. Stained in places, paper repairs; a made-up set. Modern calf-backed boards. Folio. Vinograd, Riva di Trento 1. Riva di Trento, Bruin & Marcaria, 1558. The first Hebrew book printed in Riva di Trento. The RI”F is the most significant Halachic compendium prior to the Yad HaChazakah of Maimonides. R. Yoseph Karo regarded R. Alfasi’s scholarship with the utmost respect and determined the laws in his Shulchan Aruch upon his authority.