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Lot 167

Responsa Chacham Tzvi – First Edition – Amsterdam, 1712 – Signatures and Glosses

Responsa Chacham Tzvi, part I, by R. Tzvi Hirsh Ashkenazi. Amsterdam: Solomon Proops, [1712]. First edition.
Signatures and several handwritten glosses, including signatures of R. Shmuel Shmelke Taubes Rabbi of Bârlad and other members of the Taubes family.
The glosses were presumably written by R. Shmuel Shmelke Taubes Rabbi of Bârlad, son of R. Yitzchak Eizik Taubes Rabbi of Bârlad and Bucharest.
[1], 127 leaves. Approx. 30 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including many dampstains. Tears, including marginal open tears to title page and other leaves, slightly affecting text, repaired with paper (additional tape repairs to title page). Worming, slightly affecting text. Handwritten inscriptions. Old binding, with damage and worming.