Bidspirit auction | ASCHKENAZI, TZVI HIRSCH. (“The Chacham

ASCHKENAZI, TZVI HIRSCH. (“The Chacham Tzvi.”)  Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa]. FIRST EDITION. Manuscript Halachic novellae (signed) on final blank. ff. (1), 127. Title repaired with affecting a few letters on verso. Modern boards. Folio. Vinograd, Amsterdam 956. Amsterdam, Solomon Proops, 1712. R. Tzvi Hirsch Ashkenazi (1656-1718) was the leading rabbi in the early 18th century; both Ashkenazim and Sephardim turned to him for solutions to their religious questions. For more on this eminent figure, see Y. Levine, Hakham Tsevi Ashkenazi and the Battlegrounds of the Early Modern Rabbinate (2024).