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Responsa Tashbetz – Amsterdam, 1738-1739 – First Edition – Original Fish Skin Binding. - Responsa Tashbetz, by Rabbi Shimon son of Tzemach Duran. With Responsa Chut HaMeshulash by grandsons of the author. Amsterdam: Naftali Hertz Levi, [1738-1739]. First edition. With four title pages. Reputedly, the author, R. Shimon son of Tzemach Duran, merited to have his seforim beautifully printed and elegantly bound by virtue of his practice to cover his open seforim with a lavish kerchief (R. Yitzchak Palachi, Yafeh LaLev, III, Yoreh Deah 277: 3). Furthermore, it is told that he deeply respected his holy seforim and would clean them daily with a silk cloth (Sh.Y. Agnon, Sefer Sofer VeSipur, p. 152, related by R. Eliezerov in the name of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch; N. Ben Menachem, Gevilei Sefarim, pp. 11-12, related by R. Zevin in the name of the Rebbe Rashab of Lubavitch). This edition has several known variants, which can be differentiated by the number of title pages. (see Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, and see: Dan and Gita Yardeni, The ”Tashbez” by R. Shimon b. Zemah Duran; Amsterdam, 1739-1742, Alei Sefer, X, 1982, pp. 119-132 [Hebrew]). [11],   91, 69, [1], 68,[1], [1], 36, [2],  39-83, [1],     85-101, [1] Leaves. 31.3 cm. CB, no. 7199, 16-17; Zedner, p. 704; Roest, p. 1077.