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Shulchan Aruch – Venice, 1567 – Second Edition, Printed in the Lifetime of the Author Rabbi Yosef Karo

Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah, Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat, by R. Yosef Karo. Venice: Giorgi di Cavalli, 1567. Second edition, printed in the author's lifetime.
Incomplete and defective set of all four parts (in one volume). Printed in three columns.
Many glosses by different writers (Oriental script, characteristic of the Persian expanse), mainly to Orach Chaim. Some glosses trimmed.
Ownership inscriptions to leaf 10 of Choshen Mishpat and end of Orach Chaim (dated 1673). Family inscriptions at beginning of Even HaEzer. Most trimmed or incomplete.

Incomplete and defective copy. Orach Chaim: 35-62, 3-34 leaves (bound out of place after leaf 23 of Choshen Mishpat). Lacking leaves 1-2. Yoreh Deah: 9-56 leaves. Lacking 1-8 leaves. Even HaEzer: 34 leaves. Choshen Mishpat: 71, [2] leaves. Lacking last [7] leaves (very small portions of two leaves remain). 32.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, including large dark dampstains. Much wear. Many tears and open tears, especially to first and last leaves of volume, affecting text in many places. Stamps. Old binding.