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LOT 37:
Shu"t Mahariva"l. Rabbi Yosef ibn Lev. Part I. Salonika, c. 1588. First Edition
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Shu"t Mahariva"l. Rabbi Yosef ibn Lev. Part I. Salonika, c. 1588. First Edition
Responsa from Rabbi Yosef ibn Lev (Mahar"i ben Lev - Mahariva"l). Part I. Salonika [Constantinople?], Yosef Ya'avetz Press, c. 1588. First edition.
Rare first edition of an important work of responsa, printed by the author in his lifetime.
The sefer opens with a short preface from the author in which he expresses his appreciation to Mrs. Gracia Nasi and her son-in-law Don Yosef Nasi, who financially supported his yeshivah.
The first leaf, instead of a title page, bears an inscription from the printer stating that due to the burning of the Talmud in Italy, he hopes that after this sefer is published, he will print the Talmud.
Several revisions and glosses in an early script along the leaves of the Talmud.
Stefansky, Sifrei Yessod 293. Ginzei Yisrael 746. Ya'ari, Kushta 162.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Yosef ben Lev - Mahariva"l.
Complete copy, including the first leaf which is in place of a title page, and the following leaf - a preface. Compilation of the laws of migu, as well as the leaves of indices at the end. The complete copy here also contains the part preceding leaf 126.
42, 48-59, 59-100, 106-119, [1], 120-134, [2], 126- [1]31, 130-157, [12] leaf. 2. Mispaginated.
Printed without a title page. 26.5 cm.
fine-very fine condition. Aging stains. Artistically restored worming perforations.
