Auction 96
FINE JUDAICA: PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, RABBINIC LETTERS, CEREMONIAL & GRAPHIC ART
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Feb 9, 2022
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LOT 272:
HAI BEN SHERIRA
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Sold for: $600
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HAI BEN SHERIRA
(Gaon of Pumbeditha). HaMekach VehaMemkar [laws of torts and securities].
FIRST EDITION.
ff. 97, (1). Light stains, trace wormed, trimmed. Modern calf-backed boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 950.
Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1602
A code of practice for Jewish merchants by one of the last great Geonim of Mesopotamia, the work became a classic of commercial literature. Included as an appendix, is a brief formulary for contracts which is likely the most ancient in existence.
