Bidspirit auction | FALK, YEHOSHUA KATZ. Beth Yisrael

FALK, YEHOSHUA KATZ. Beth Yisrael [commentary to Jacob ben Asher's Tur - Yoreh De'ah]. Subdivided into two commentaries 'Derishah' and 'Perishah'. - FIRST EDITION. Title within decorative typographical border and surrounding Biblical verses. Uncommon woodcut printer's device depicting the zodiac sign ”Deli” (Aquarius) on f. 4v. (See Yaari, Hebrew Printers' Marks, p. 501 (appendices); Yudlov, Hebrew Printers' Marks, pp. 55-7). Extensive marginalia on f. 185 (Hilchoth Ribis). ff. 356. Foxed and browned. Later sheep-backed speckled boards. Folio. Vinograd, Lublin 182. Lublin, Tzvi ben Abraham Kalonymus Jaffe, 1635     A classic commentary later published in all standard edition of the Tur. The author (ca. 1555-1614) is also known in rabbinic circles as the Drishah after his Halachic works.