Bidspirit auction | AZULAI, CHAIM YOSEPH DAVID. (ChID’A).

AZULAI, CHAIM YOSEPH DAVID. (ChID’A).  Sha’ar Yoseph [commentary to Talmudic Tractate Horayoth; final 40 leaves with responsa]. FIRST EDITION. With dedications in Spanish and Portuguese. pp. 16, ff. 120, 40. Some staining. Later boards. Folio. Vinograd, Livorno 72. Livorno Antonio Santini 1757. The Chida’s first published work. Although aged 34 when this work was published, it was actually written when the author was just 17. According to Meir Benayahu (Rabbi H.Y.D. Azulai (1959) p. 186), the Sha’ar Yoseph was scarce even during the author’s lifetime. Both the lengthy approbation by the Chida’s father, as well as the introduction, contain valuable biographical details.