(SeMa”K). Amudei Golah-Sepher Mitzvoth Ha’katan [abridgement of Moses of Coucy’s rabbinic code (SeMa”K]

Estimate: $7,000–$9,000
Hammer price: $18,500

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author

ISAAC BEN JOSEPH OF CORBEIL.

printer

ibn Nachmias

Place

Constantinople

Publication

c. 1510

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within woodcut border. Bibliographical note in German from Bookseller Marx & Co. Berlin, 1926 tipped in

references

Vinograd, Const. 67; Yaari, Const. 36; Mehlman 735; not in Adams

summary

A FINE WIDE-MARGINED COPY With the seven-part division corresponding to the seven days of the week, the French Tosafist, Isaac of Corbeil, intended his Code to be of popular usage. It is interspersed with many Agadic passages, moral maxims and ethical teachings which enhanced its appeal. Despite its populist style, the work was accepted as an authoritive halachic source cited by later Codifiers - including the Tur. See M. Waxman, Vol. II, pp. 128-9

ff.146. Few light stains in places, trace marginal worming on a few leaves, previous owner’s signature on title. Recent vellum. Sm. 4to

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