She'elot U'Teshuvot Mahari"k. Crimea, 1557. Signature and Gloss

She'elot U'Teshuvot Mahari"k. Crimea, 1557. Signature and Gloss

She'elot U'Teshuvot Mahar"r Rabbi Yosef Colon z"l - known as Shu"t Mahari"k, is one of the fundamental books of halachah. Crimea, 1557-1558. (The title page records the year of print as שי"ז, but the colophon indicates the date of completion as 17 Cheshvan of the year ... ובנקי"ן כ"ף - a chronogram that works out to שי"ח. The title page bears an owner's signature and a gloss on page 27a, both in ancient Oriental script.

Before us is the second edition of the renowned book of responsa by Rabbi Yosef Colon, one of the leading Early Adjudicators. With the addition of indices for the responsa in the order of the Ramba"m. Drawing of the binding of Yitzchak at top of the title page.

Rabbi Yosef Colon Trabotto [HaKa"f- HaRa"m] was one of the leading adjudicators of Italian Jewry in the 15th century. He studied Torah with his father, Rabbi Shlomo, who was a descendant of Rash"i, and with Rabbi Mordechai Nathan. He served as a rabbi and a rosh yeshivah in Piedmont, and then as rabbi and rosh yeshivah in Mantua. At the end of his life, he served in Pavia, and there he passed away and was buried. Among his outstanding disciples was Rabbi Ovadiah of Bartenura, the great mishnaic commentator.

[12] 173 [should be: 172], 31 cm. Printed on thick paper with wide margins. Benayahu, Cremona 14. Osef Mehlman- Ginzei Yisrael 773.

Fine condition: Minimal worming perforations and dampstains, primarily in the white margins.

Light restoration to the white margins of the title page, far from the text. Several leaves are detached. Simple binding.