Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Responsa of the Rosh – Venice, 1552
Opening: $400
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
Responsa of Rabbeinu Asher (the Rosh). Venice: Aloyse Bragadin, 1552. Second edition.
This edition added a detailed index of the 108 sections of the book.
Ownership inscription on endpaper in Italian script of "Aharon Ashkenazi", born 3rd Shevat 1653.
Censorship expurgations in several places. Handwritten notations on margins.
Censor's signature on last leaf.
158 leaves. 29 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including many dampstains and traces of former dampness, with mold stains to some leaves. Tears, including large open tears to top and bottom of title page (large portions of leaf lacking), slightly affecting title. Worming in a few places. Old binding, with leather spine. Wear and defects to binding and spine.
CB, no. 4455, 28.
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 16th and 17th Centuries