Bidspirit auction | KARO, YOSEPH. Shailoth U’Teshuvoth; Nashim

KARO, YOSEPH. Shailoth U’Teshuvoth; Nashim - Even Ha’Ezer [responsa, with Talmud novellae]. Includes responsa by R. Yitzchak Karo relating to Yibum. FIRST EDITION. Elaborately decorated title-page, with signature of The Chida’s eldest son, R. Raphael Yeshaya Azulai (1743-1826). Lengthy marginal note on f. 9b. ff. (4), 152. Occasionally stained, neat marginal repairs, f. 8 with loss of few words. Modern gilt-tooled calf. Sm. folio. Vinograd, Salonika 151. Salonika, Abraham Joseph Bat-Scheba, 1597. Published posthumously, the work contains an introduction by the Author’s son Yehudah, who states his father's deathbed instruction was to ensure that all his responsa were to be published. - Nonetheless, responsa pertaining to other portions of the Shulchan Aruch were not published until 1791 (under the title Avkath Rochel).