Bidspirit auction | Rabbi Eliyahu Ben Chaim Responsa

Rabbi Eliyahu Ben Chaim Responsa – Kushta, 1610 – First Edition – Rare - Responsa by Rabbi Eliyahu Ben Chaim, one of the lastest Rishonim. Kushta, 1610. Without the printer's name. First edition. At the end of the book, Shita on the Ketubot tractate by the author. The editor and publisher, Rabbi Yitzchak Ben Rabbi David Leon, writes in his introduction that some of the author's writings were stolen and the sages of Kushta ordered them to be returned. At the end of the introduction, a poem of praise by the publisher. At the end of the book, two additional poems by him. About the editing of the book and its printing see: M. Benayahu, דפוסי תורכיה שאינם אלא דפוסי איטליה, Sinai, 1973; Y. Yudlov, לתולדות הדפוס העברי במנטובה במאה השש-עשרה, Kiryat Sefer, 49, 1974, pp. 640-641' Y. Haker, שליחו של לואי הארבעה-עשר בלבאנט, Zion, 52, 1987, p. 32 comments 30, 33. 6, 272 leaves. 29cm. Ladino inscriptions and signatures of Chaim Yosef Hacohen ben Ardot. Many signatures of Shlomo Hacohen. Restoration in the lower corner of the of the first four leaves and last two leaves. Stains on the title page. Minor blemishes. Good overall condition. New leather binding.