Sefer She’elot U’Teshuvot Ba’ei Chayyei by the gaon Rabbi Chaim Benveniste, av beit din of Izmir and author of Knesset HaGedolah . Complete set – four volumes. First editions. Salonika, 1788-1791.
The title page bears signatures and owners’ notations in Oriental-rabbinic script attributing the book to Rabbi Yisrael Ya’akov HaLevi and Rabbi Shem Tov HaLevi.
In this edition, responsa are printed for the first time relating to the Yoreh Deah, Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat sections; the title chosen was Ba’ei Chayyei . The Orach Chaim part was printed separately decades earlier (Constantinople, 1743), under the name She’elot U’Teshuvot Part II.
Part I – Yoreh Deah – Even HaEzer: [2], 184; 41 leaf.
Part II, Volume I – Choshen Mishpat: [2] 178 leaf.
Part II, Volume II – Continuation of Choshen Mishpat: [2], 171-313, [1] leaf.
Part III, Conclusion of Choshen Mishpat: [2] 140 leaf. Original leather binding with a binding made of manuscripts.
A total of [4] volumes. Approximately 27.5 cm. Overall fine condition. Worming perforations. One part has the original binding. The others have old, well-preserved bindings.