Bidspirit auction | JACOB BEN ASHER. Arba’ah Turim

JACOB BEN ASHER. Arba’ah Turim [Rabbinic Code]. This copy with the two rare leaves of calculations  pertaining to the calendar inserted between ff. 51-52. Title within elaborate architectural arch. ff. 6, 9-53, (2), 54-80, 1-66, 1-42, 1-104. Variously stained with expert paper repairs. Modern chestnut morocco. Folio. Vinograd, Riva di Trento 18. Riva di Trento, Joseph Ottolenghi, 1560. A fundamental Halachic treatise embracing all the laws and customs incumbent both on an individual and upon the community as a whole. The overriding authority of the Arba’ah Turim has been accepted by rabbinic scholars for centuries. Another copy of this edition printed entirely on blue-paper was sold by Kestenbaum, Sale 44, Lot 152.