Ashlei Ravrevi Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah with commentaries. Amsterdam, [1743]. Huge copy.
[3] 352 [2] leaves. Without the illustrated title page. 44.5 cm.!
Printers’ preface formatted as a rhymed poem with vowelized letters whose acrostics spell out their names: Hertz Levi Rofeh and son-in-law Kashman. The last leaf features a lengthy vowelized poem regarding the halachot of Yoreh Deah. Prominent approbations for this edition: Rabbi Aryeh Leib of Amsterdam; Rabbi Yaakov Yusha, author of the Pnei Yehoshua; Rabbi Yechezkel Katzenelboigen, rabbi of Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbeck, and others.
Magnificent copy with wide margins – 10 cm. from the text. Deluxe leather binding. Aging stains. Very fine condition.