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GERONDI, NISSIM. (Ra’N). Chidushei Harav Rabbeinu Nissim [index of citations of Maimonides’ Code]. FIRST EDITION. Edited by Yoseph Ottolenghi. Introduction by Jacob Marcaria. ff. 21. Lightly stained, final leaf with neat marginal repairs and supplied from another copy. Modern vellum-backed boards. Folio. Vinograd, Riva di Trento 6. Riva Di Trento, Jacob Marcaria, 1559. The editor, Joseph Ottolenghi (d. 1570), was the Rabbi of Cremona and provided much of the scholarship found in Riva di Trento Hebrew publications. The printer, Jacob Marcaria, thanks Ottolenghi profusely and gives him the honorific title of “HaGaon” in both the title and introduction.  For more regarding Ottolenghi, see Meir Benayahu, HaDefus Ha’Ivri BeCremona, pp. 111-14.