Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Torat HaBayit by the Rashba – Cremona, 1565 – First Edition

Opening: $400
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium

Torat HaBayit (HaKatzar) by R. Shlomo ben Aderet – the Rashba. Cremona: [Vincenzo Conti], 1565. First edition.
Torat HaBayit is a work on the laws of Kashrut, in two versions: a brief work containing only the final rulings (HaKatzar), and a more comprehensive work, explaining the sources of the rulings (HaAroch). The present book contains the shorter version.
Inscription in Italian script on the title page. Censors' signatures in Italian on the final page.
72 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Open tears to title page, affecting text and border, repaired with paper. Marginal open tears to some leaves, not affecting text. Inscriptions. New binding.


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Incunabula and Early Printed Books – 15th-17th Centuries
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