Yerech Ya'akov - Istanbul, 1940 - Single Edition - The Last Hebrew Book that was Printed in Turkey

Yerech Ya'akov - responsa, two sections with two separate title pages - Orach Chaim and Yoreh De'ah. By Rabbi Ya'akov Argoiti. Printed by Shlomo Alchachir. The first two leaves of the book include: a title page, the beginning of the book and a preface by the author in which he thanks the wealthy man Rabbeinu Politi , who assisted in the printing of the book.
The printing press of Alchachir was the last printing press that printed Hebrew book sin Istanbul. It was founded in 1822 and was operative until 1940. "Yerech Ya'akov" was the last book among the 758 books that were printed in Istanbul since 1504 (Ya'ari, Ha'Dfus Ha'Ivri Be'Kushta, pp. 58, 271: "and it is the last Hebrew book of the printing presses of Istanbul").
Rabbi Ya'akov Argoiti was known as one of the prominent rabbis and Torah scholar of Istanbul. He corresponded with many prominent rabbis on halachic matters, among them Rabbi Shlomo Eliezer Alfandari, the "Saba Kaddisha" (in this book). He authored the book "Zecher Asot" - halachic rules.

[2], 149, 76 leaves.
Condition: Very Good. Very few stains.