Shaarei Dura, with the Mevo She'arim Commentary – Lublin, 1574 – First Edition of the Mevo She'arim Commentary – ...

Shaarei Dura, with the Mevo She'arim Commentary – Lublin, 1574 – First Edition of the Mevo She'arim Commentary – Early Ashkenazic Signatures and Glosses
Shaarei Dura, halachic rulings on the laws of Kashrut, by R. Yitzchak HaLevi of Dura (Düren), with the Mevo She'arim commentary, by R. Natan Shapiro (Maharnash). Lublin: Kalonymus son of Mordechai Jaffe, [1574]. First edition of the Mevo She'arim commentary.
Historiated title page.
Signatures and inscriptions in early Ashkenazic script, by "Avraham son of R. Refael", attesting that he acquired the book in Frankfurt in 1590.
Lengthy glosses in early Ashkenazic script on pp. 26b and 107b.
Shaarei Dura, composed in the 13th century, is one of the most important works on the laws of Kashrut, and is quoted extensively by both the Beit Yosef and the Rama. Until the printing of the Shulchan Aruch, Shaarei Dura was the primary Ashkenazic work on the laws of Kashrut.
This is the fifth edition of this work (first printed in Krakow, 1534). Since each edition of Shaarei Dura was printed based on a different manuscript, all the editions published in the 16th century are in effect first editions. This is also the first edition of Mevo She'arim by R. Natan Shapiro.
109 leaves. Final leaf – leaf 110 is probably a photocopy on old paper. 28.5 cm. Good condition. Stains (including ink stains) and wear. Tears and worming to title page, affecting border. Title page reinforced with paper on verso. Tears and worming to several leaves, affecting text. Inscriptions. New leather binding.