ISBN10: 0876687656, ISBN13: 9780876687659, [publisher: Jason Aronson Inc, Northvale, New Jersey] Hardcover First Edition Quarto. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on covers and spines, in original dustjackets with white lettering on spine. Blue endpapers. Long accepted as the standard code of Jewish law and practice, the "Shulhan Aruch" was written by Rabbi Joseph Karo in 1565. Now, in an unprecedented restatement of "Hoshen haMishpat", one of the four sections of the "Shulhan Aruch", Rabbi Emanuel Quint brings fresh insight, modern scholarship, and succinct explication to this brilliant halachic work that will fascinate the educated layman and advanced scholar alike. Missing volume XI. Jackets of first two volumes price-clipped with light rubbing, bindings and interior in near fine condition. First edition, second printing (Volume I), first printing (Volume II).
[Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]