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Responsa Divrei Rivot (Rabbi Yitzchak Adarbi) – Venice, 1586 – Distinguished Copy
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Responsa Divrei Rivot by R. Yitzchak Adarbi, author of "Divrei Shalom". Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1586. Second edition.
Distinguished copy, belonging to an 18th-century German rabbi. Ownership inscriptions on title page, partially deleted with ink. On p. 47a, another ownership inscription: "G-d granted me this, Aharon son of… R. Leib Teomim Schnapper". An additional inscription of his on the title page deleted with ink.
R. Aharon Teomim Schnapper (d. 1765), Rabbi of Bingen and the Zweibrücken region from 1721. His father was R. Aryeh Yehudah Leib Teomim-Fränkel Schnapper (d. 1717), son of the Bigdei Aharon, who served as Rabbi of Trier and other German cities, and beginning ca. 1687 served thirty years as dayan in Frankfurt in the Beit Din of the Semichat Chachamim.
194, [1], 194-198 leaves. Approx. 29 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, including large dark dampstains and traces of former dampness. Wear. Tears, including small open tears, and small worming, affecting text in a few places. Early paper repairs to margins of title page, covering part of frame. Censorship stamps. Bookplate. Early leather binding, with wear and defects (worming and open tears to binding and spine).
Provenance: Collection of Prof. Jordan S. Penkower.
Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries