Drishah U’Prishah on Yoreh Deah. First Edition. Lublin, 1635. Rare Classic!

Drishah U’Prishah on Yoreh Deah. First Edition. Lublin, 1635. Rare Classic!

Tur-Yoreh Deah with Sefer Drishah U’Prishah by Harav Yehoshua Falk Katz, author of the Sm”a. Renowned to many by the name of his magnum opus, the Sm”a was a disciple of the Rema and Maharshal. He authored one of the most fundamental commentaries on the Tur, a work referenced extensively throughout centuries of halachic works.

 A classic commentary later published in all standard edition of the Tur. The author (ca. 1555-1614) is also known in rabbinic circles as the Drishah after his Halachic works.

Title within decorative typographical border and surrounding Biblical verses. Uncommon woodcut printer's device depicting the zodiac sign "Deli" (Aquarius) on f. 4v. (See Yaari, Hebrew Printers' Marks, p. 501 (appendices); Yudlov, Hebrew Printers' Marks, pp. 55-7)

 Vinograd, Lublin 182. Lublin, Tzvi ben Abraham Kalonymus Jaffe, 1635. First edition

    

This volume was the first to be printed among the volumes of Drishah U’Prishah on the Tur. Subsequent editions erroneously omitted many significant notes that appear in the present original edition.

The complete work was entitled Beis Yisrael and divided into two parts: The first part, Prishah, contains explanations and commentary; while the second part, Drishah, encompasses discourses and halachic novella.

This sefer was printed by the author’s son Rabbi Yosef Katz and features the latter’s commentary, entitled Ketones Pasim.

356 pages. 31 cm.

Good-fair condition. Worming mostly marginal, age stains, heavy browning at places, original binding rubbed & damaged.

 Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod - Hebrew Classics No. 156