Arba’ah Turim. Sections Orach Chaim and Yoreh De’ah. Venice, 1522-1523. Daniel Bomberg Press

Arba’ah Turim. Sections Orach Chaim and Yoreh De’ah. Venice, 1522-1523. Daniel Bomberg Press

Signatures and Hundreds of Handwritten Glosses.

Arba’ah Turim. The sections of Orach Chaim and Yoreh De’ah bound together in one volume. By Rabbeinu Yaakov son of Asher. Post-Incunabula.

This is likely the most beautiful of all early editions of The Arba’ah Turim. A splendid and well-structured Daniel Bomberg print.

Venice, 1522-1523. Daniel Bomberg Press.

A two-part set bound together in one volume.

Part 1: Orach Chaim: 2-148 leaves. Title page and one other leaf is missing. Old tapings on the first 5 leaves, as well as on leaves 81 and 99. The rest of the copy is in good condition although it has brown stains.

Part 2: Yoreh De’ah: 122 leaves. Taping on the margins of the final three leaves. Aside from this, it is in good condition.

This is an early edition of a fundamental Halachic work. Two parts bound together in antique, leather binding. The back cover of the binding is damaged. Has clasp remnants. The volume contains a number of signatures and unidentified dedications.

Within the book appear hundreds of scholarly glosses and corrections handwritten by various different authors.