Bidspirit auction | MORDECHAI HALEVI. Darchei Noam [responsa].

MORDECHAI HALEVI. Darchei Noam [responsa]. With supplement: Kuntress BeMishpat Yemei HaMilah [on circumcision] by Avraham HaLevi (son of the author). FIRST EDITION. Diagram of Temple on verso of title. Addendum with separate title-page. ff. 282, 41. Title remargined. Modern calf-backed boards. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 1490. Venice, Bragadin, 1697. The Egyptian born author served for several decades as Rabbi and Dayan in Cairo before moving to Jerusalem where he died in 1684. This, his only published work, is a valuable insight into contemporary Jewish life in Egypt and was often cited by many later rabbinic authorities.