IBN Lev, Joseph ben David

(MaHaRIVaL). Shailoth U’Teshuvoth MeHaR”I ibn Lev [responsa]. Part III (only).
First Edition. Title surrounded by florets. Wide margins. Signed by R. Yechiel Michael Halperin of Berzan on f.2.
ff. 120,133-175 (i.e. 174), (1), 187-190, (5). Some staining, previous owner’s signatures and stamps, upper left corner of opening few leaves dampsoiled and with neat paper repairs, tear on final leaf with loss of few words. Bound in Valmadonna-custom blind-tooled maroon calf, spine titled in gilt. Folio. Vinograd, Const. 243.
Constantinople: Solomon and Joseph Ya’avetz 1573
Born in Macedonia and later settling in Salonika and then Constantinople, the author (1505–80) who taught in the in the yeshivah founded by Doña Gracia (Mendes) Nasi was one of the greatest scholars of his time. The Chid”a in his Shem HaGedolim states that three scholars of that generation (all coincidentally named Yoseph) were capable of penning a work of the magnitude of the Beith Yoseph: R. Yoseph Karo, R. Yoseph Taitatzak and R. Yoseph ibn Lev.===This multi-volumed responsa was first published in 1561, however for further bibliographic debate on the issue see Mehlman 748; Genuzoth Sepharim p.106, no. 162 and Areshet Vol. V p. 485, no. 162.