Avkat Rochel , responsa on topics in Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah and Choshen Mishpat by Rabbi Yosef Karo, author of Shulchan Aruch. Salonika, 1791. First edition. Copy that belonged to Chacham Bashi Rabbi Eliyahu Chazan.
On the title page: Owner’s signature of Chacham Bashi Rabbi Eliyahu Chazzan of Izmir-Jerusalem. Gloss on leaf 102, also in Oriental script.
Rabbi Eliyahu Bechor-Chazzan [1855-1908] was Chacham Bashi and chief rabbi of Tripoli, Libya, chief rabbi of Alexandria, Egypt and Av Beit Din in Jerusalem, author of Ta’alumot Lev and additional books. He was born to his father, the author of Chikrei Lev and ascended to Jerusalem with his grandfather, Rabbi Chaim David Chazan.
[2], 150 leaves, 28 cm. Stefansky, Sifrei Yessod 284.
Fine condition: Aging stains. Worming perforations. Blemish in the margins of the title page. Restorations to the margins of the final leaf without damage to text. Magnificent new leather binding.