Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Rif - Sabbionetta, 1555 - Scholarly Marginalia in Oriental Handwriting

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Hilchot Rav Alfas, with commentaries. Part 3, Seder Nezikin. [Sabbionetta, 1555. Printed by Tuvia Foa]. At the end of the Tosefta (page 398/a) is a colophon: "Completed in the month of Iyar 1555". The printer's mark of the printer Tuvia Foa (lions grasping a palm tree, with a Star of David in its center), and the rhyming phrases engraved on the tombstone of the Rif appear on the leaf.
Approximately 20 scholarly marginalia in Oriental handwriting [by two or three writers].
Damaged lacking copy: 161-398; [44] leaves. (Originally: 398; 54 leaves). 38 cm. Wide margins. Poor condition. Worn corners. Stains and moisture damages. Worming. Most of the glosses are partly cutoff. Detached leaves. Unbound.
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