Auction 86 Part 2 The Leo Rapaport Collection
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May 24, 2022
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LOT 162:

First Editions of Three Parts of Responsa Maharit and Chiddushei Gemara – Constantinople-Venice, 1642-1645

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First Editions of Three Parts of Responsa Maharit and Chiddushei Gemara – Constantinople-Venice, 1642-1645
Three parts of Responsa of R. Yosef di Trani – the Maharit; including Chiddushei Gemara by the Maharit – first editions of the three parts published after the passing of the author in Constantinople in Tammuz 1639, with forewords by the author's sons.
1. Responsa by R. Yosef son of R. Moshe di Trani, [part I]. Constantinople: Solomon Franco by his son Abraham Franco and son-in-law Jacob Gabbai, [1642].
2. Second part of Responsa by R. Yosef di Trani. Venice: Aluise Bragadini at the press of Antonio Calleoni, 1645. Divisional title pages for Yoreh De'ah, Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat.
3. Third part of Responsa by R. Yosef di Trani, with Chiddushei Gemara by the Maharit. Venice: Aluise Bragadini at the press of Antonio Calleoni, 1645.
First volume with various ownership inscriptions and glosses. On title page of vol. II, ownership inscription of R. Chaim Shalom HaKohen (perhaps R. Chaim Shalom HaKohen, Italian Torah scholar, rabbi in Modena, involved in 1809 in the halachic polemic regarding shaving on Chol HaMoed). Ownership inscriptions of Shlomo Bula on leaf [2] of vol. II (perhaps R. Shlomo Bula, Torah scholar in Jerusalem and Damascus, d. 1886, author of Lechem Shlomo).
Three volumes. Part I: [6], 208 leaves. Misfoliation. Part II: [2], 7, [1]; [1], 56, [1] leaves; [1] blank leaf; [1], 1, 3-71, [1] leaves. Part III (with Chiddushei Gemara): 131, [2] leaves. Misfoliation. Chiddushei Gemara: 123, [2] leaves. Misfoliation. 28-30 cm. Condition varies. Vol. I in fair condition: dampstains and extensive wear. Open tears to title page and other leaves of this volume, affecting text, repaired with (large) strips of tape. Worming, affecting text, repaired in part with tape. Vols. II and III in overall good condition: stains and dampstains. Wear and tears. Open tear to title page of vol. II, affecting border, repaired with paper. Old bindings (some detached), damaged.

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