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ELIYAHU IBN CHAIM . of Constantinople (RANa”CH). Teshuvoth Shailoth [responsa]. FIRST EDITION. With the autograph signature of the ChYD”A (R. Chaim Yoseph David Azulai) on the title-page. ff. 6, 272. Various owners signatures and stamps on title page. Modern boards. Sm. folio. Vinograd, Venice 1067; Yaari, Constantinople 242. Constantinople n.p.,   c. 1610. THE CHAIM YOSEPH DAVID AZULAI (THE CHID”A) COPY, WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON THE TITLE-PAGE. There is some confusion among bibliographers as to the correct place and date of printing of this book. The preponderance of opinions suggest that it is a Constantinople imprint, as stated on the title page. As regards to the date of publication, Yaari suggests between the years 1603-1617, the years of Sultan Ahmed I reign, whose Court is noted on the title page. See also Y. Hacker, Areshet, vol. V, p. 493; and the article by A. M. Habermann on the various transmigrations concerning the publication of this work in Sepher Assaf (1953) pp. 217-20.