Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Seven books printed in Venice in the 16th-17th centuries (incomplete copies):
1. Pirkei Avot with the commentaries of the Rambam and R. Yitzchak Abarbanel. [Venice: Justinian, 1545]. 2-215 leaves (leaves 209-212 erroneously bound before leaf 109). Lacking title page.
2. Michtam LeDavid, by R. David Vital. Venice: Justinian, 1546. 108 leaves. Open tears to final leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper (and handwritten text replacement).
3-4. Marpeh LeNefesh, by R. Refael Norzi. Venice: Zuan (Giovanni) di Gara, 1579. 15-40 leaves. Originally printed with Se'ah Solet before it (first 14 leaves), and Orach Chaim BeDarkei HaMusar after it (31 leaves, separate sequence).
Bound with: Derashot HaRan. [Venice, Bragadin, 1594]. 9-90 leaves. Lacking first 8 leaves, including title page.
5. Reshit Daat, homilies, by R. Moshe Albelda. Venice: Bragadin, 1583. 10, 9-242 [i.e. 240] leaves. Lacking leaves 241-243. Final leaves bound upside down, with open tears affecting text.
6. Responsa Menachem Azariah, by R. Menachem Azariah da Fano. [Venice]: Daniel Zanetti, [1600?]. 140 leaves. Lacking leaves 141-143 (with table of contents and errata).
7. Mar'ot HaTzov'ot, commentary on Yirmiyahu and Trei Asar, by R. Moshe Alshech. [Venice: Zuan di Gara, 1603-1607]. 67-144 leaves. (Originally printed with commentary on entire Neviim – lacking first half of book). Signature of R. Avraham Yosef Graziano on final page.
Enclosed: title page of Beit Lechem Yehuda, index to Ein Yaakov by R. Yehuda Aryeh of Modena. Venice: Pietro, Alvise and Lorenzo Bragadini, 1625
7 books (incomplete copies) + title page. Size and condition vary.
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![Maayanei HaYeshuah, commentary on the Book of Daniel, by Don Yitzchak Abarbanel. [Ferrara, Samuel Zarfati, 1551]. First editi](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/42.jpg "Maayanei HaYeshuah (Abarbanel) – Ferrara, 1551 – First Edition")
Maayanei HaYeshuah, commentary on the Book of Daniel, by Don Yitzchak Abarbanel. [Ferrara, Samuel Zarfati, 1551]. First edition.
Lengthy prefaces by the author Don Yitzchak Abarbanel and by the publisher, his disciple R. Baruch Uziel Forti, containing a wealth of information about the life of Jews in Spain before and after the expulsion.
Glosses in several places (in Sephardic script). Inscriptions on title page.
Attached to the front endpaper is a leaf with an inscription in Ashkenazic script, relating to the supposed place of printing.
136 leaves. Lacking leaves 137-142 (leaves 137-139 replaced in handwriting). 18.5 cm. Condition varies, most leaves in good condition, several leaves in fair condition. Stains, including dark dampstains. Minor wear. Worming, affecting text. Tears to title page and several other leaves, including open tears affecting engraved title page border, repaired with paper. Marginal paper repairs to several leaves, slightly affecting text. Title page trimmed with damage to upper part of border. Old binding, damaged.
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Yesod HaEmunah, by the Chassid R. Yosef Yaavetz. Ferrara: Abraham ibn Usque, 1553. First edition.
R. Yosef Yaavetz, known as the Chassid Yaavetz (ca. 1440 – 1508), leading rabbi at the time of the Spanish expulsion. After the expulsion, he reached Italy and travelled the country together with his son R. Yitzchak. He came to the aid of his fellow Spanish exiles, preaching to them, encouraging them and strengthening their faith. The principles of faith and Divine Providence are topics stressed repeatedly in his works.
[16] leaves. 18 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears to title page and other leaves, including open tears to two leaves, affecting text and headings, mostly repaired with paper. Title page trimmed, with damage to engraved border. Fine, new leather binding.
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![Ayelet Ahavim, commentary on Shir HaShirim (with vocalized verses), by R. Shlomo HaLevi Alkabetz. Venice: [Justinian] by Dani](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/44.jpg "Ayelet Ahavim on Shir HaShirim by Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz, Author of Lec")
Ayelet Ahavim, commentary on Shir HaShirim (with vocalized verses), by R. Shlomo HaLevi Alkabetz. Venice: [Justinian] by Daniel Adelkind, 1552. First edition, printed in the lifetime of the author, R. Shlomo Alkabetz of Safed, author of Lecha Dodi.
Various inscriptions on the title page. Censor's signatures dated 1608 on final leaf.
64, [2] leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Worming, slightly affecting text. Minor open tear to second leaf, slightly affecting text, and minor open tears to a few other leaves, not affecting text. Minor open tears and worming to title page, slightly affecting text and border, repaired with paper (leaf may have been supplied from different copy). Leaves trimmed with damage to text (several leaves lacking most of first line of text). Stamps. Old binding.
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Birkat Avraham, regarding the correct place to recite the blessing over handwashing, by R. Avraham Treves Tzarfati. Venice: Bragadin, 1552. First edition.
The author, R. Avraham Treves (b. 1470 in Italy) served as rabbi in Salonika and Sofia, later living in Constantinople, Adrianople and possibly in Eretz Israel. The title page states that he was a descendant of Rashi. In his preface to the present work, the author relates that in his youth he merited to see a revelation of Eliyahu HaNavi – see Hebrew sidebar.
The book opens with 17 approbations by the Torah scholars of the generation, including an approbation by R. Yosef Karo – the Beit Yosef.
Unidentified calligraphic signatures (slightly trimmed) at the top of the title page.
315 leaves (originally: 361 leaves; body of work complete. Lacking leaves 316-361, with detailed table of contents and author's colophon; the book appears to have been bound originally without these leaves). Leaves 273-276 bound out of sequence. 20.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains and mold stains. Marginal worming, tears and open tears, affecting text in several places. Inscriptions. Signatures. Original parchment binding, damaged.
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![Amudei Golah, Sefer Mitzvot Katan – Semak, by R. Yitzchak son of R. Moshe of Corbeil. Cremona: Vincenzo Conti, [1556]. Second](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/46_1.jpg "Amudei Golah – Semak – Cremona, 1556 – Glosses")
![Amudei Golah, Sefer Mitzvot Katan – Semak, by R. Yitzchak son of R. Moshe of Corbeil. Cremona: Vincenzo Conti, [1556]. Second](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/46_2.jpg "Amudei Golah – Semak – Cremona, 1556 – Glosses")
Amudei Golah, Sefer Mitzvot Katan – Semak, by R. Yitzchak son of R. Moshe of Corbeil. Cremona: Vincenzo Conti, [1556]. Second edition. Historiated title page.
Early ownership inscriptions (signatures trimmed or deleted). A few handwritten corrections.
[8], 156, [5] leaves. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tear to title page, not affecting text, repaired with paper, and tears to another leaf, repaired with paper. Margins of several leaves trimmed with damage to text. Minor worming. Inscriptions. New binding.
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Maarechet HaElokut, faith, Kabbalah and Jewish philosophy, attributed to R. Peretz son of Yitzchak of Gerona, with a commentary by R. Yehuda Chayat and "Perush Zulato" (another's commentary). Mantua: Meir son of Efraim of Padua and Jacob son of Naftali HaKohen of Gazzolo, [Rosh Chodesh Adar II, 1558].
Censorship deletions in chapter X of the present copy, in the section discussing reincarnation. Two censor's signatures on final page, one dated 1609.
4, 208 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming to title page and first leaves, affecting text, repaired in part with paper (missing characters on title page replaced in handwriting). Title page margins trimmed close to border. Two other leaves trimmed close to text. New binding.
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![Responsa Bar Sheshet – Responsa of the Rivash. Riva di Trento: [Antonio Bruin], 1559. Second edition, printed based on Teshuv](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/48.jpg "Bar Sheshet – Responsa of the Rivash – Riva di Trento, 1559")
Responsa Bar Sheshet – Responsa of the Rivash. Riva di Trento: [Antonio Bruin], 1559. Second edition, printed based on Teshuvot HaRav, Constantinople 1546-1547 edition.
A few censorship expurgations. Deleted signature on title page. Censor's signature on final page.
318, [2], 319-415, [9] leaves. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Closed and open tears to title page and final leaves, affecting text, repaired in part with paper (missing text partially replaced by hand). Inscriptions. Censor's signature. New binding, partially detached.
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![Torat HaBayit (HaKatzar) by R. Shlomo ben Aderet – the Rashba. Cremona: [Vincenzo Conti], 1565. First edition. Torat HaBayit](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/49.jpg "Torat HaBayit by the Rashba – Cremona, 1565 – First Edition")
Torat HaBayit (HaKatzar) by R. Shlomo ben Aderet – the Rashba. Cremona: [Vincenzo Conti], 1565. First edition.
Torat HaBayit is a work on the laws of Kashrut, in two versions: a brief work containing only the final rulings (HaKatzar), and a more comprehensive work, explaining the sources of the rulings (HaAroch). The present book contains the shorter version.
Inscription in Italian script on the title page. Censors' signatures in Italian on the final page.
72 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Open tears to title page, affecting text and border, repaired with paper. Marginal open tears to some leaves, not affecting text. Inscriptions. New binding.
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Yalkut Shimoni, anthology of sayings of the sages, Part I on the Torah and Part II on Neviim and Ketuvim, by R. Shimon HaDarshan of Frankfurt. Venice: Alvise Bragadin, [1566]. Second edition. Two volumes.
References and explanation of difficult words added in this edition in the margins.
On the title page of vol. I, ownership inscription of R. Avtalyon son of Shlomo of Consiglio (1540-1616), an Italian rabbi in the 16th century, disciple of R. Shmuel Yehuda Katzenellenbogen Rabbi of Padua. R. Avtalyon aroused a famous controversy between Italian rabbis when he disqualified the mikveh in his brother's house in Rovigo.
Signature in vol. II (in initial word panel on leaf 2): "Yaakov son of Amram"; various inscriptions on verso of leaf [2] and on verso of final leaf, including record of the death of R. Yaakov Amram. This may be R. Yaakov son of Amram the physician, a community leader in Jerusalem in the 1620s-1630s.
Handwritten glosses on many leaves of vol. II, and hundreds of references for verses appearing in the text (some of handwritten references trimmed).
Vol. I: 313 leaves. Vol. II: [2], 2-190 leaves. [1] leaf originally at end of vol. I, bound here after title page of vol. II. Approx. 27 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including significant dampstains. Traces of past dampness to final leaves of vol. I. Dark inkstains to title page of vol. II. Worming to title pages and other leaves, affecting text, repaired in part with paper. Tears. Open tears to title page of vol. I, slightly affecting text, repaired with paper (leaf mounted on paper for reinforcement). Paper repairs affecting text in several places. Leaves trimmed with damage to text in several places. New bindings.
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Mikra'ei Kodesh, Part I – on the commandments to fear and love G-d and their principles; Part II – on the hidden aspects and reasons of the Mitzvot, by R. Yosef Samega. Venice: Zuan di Gara, 1586. First edition.
6, 116 leaves. 19 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains (including dampstains). Worming, affecting text. Handwritten dedication (dated 1932) on title page. Old binding, with damage.
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![Or Ne'erav, introduction to Kabbalah, by R. Moshe Cordovero – the Ramak. Venice: Zuan (Giovanni) di Gara, [1587]. First editi](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/52.jpg "Or Ne'erav by Rabbi Moshe Cordovero – First Edition – Venice, 1587")
Or Ne'erav, introduction to Kabbalah, by R. Moshe Cordovero – the Ramak. Venice: Zuan (Giovanni) di Gara, [1587]. First edition printed after the author's passing, by his son R. Gedalia Cordovero and R. Moshe Bassola.
Or Ne'erav is a basic introduction to kabbalah, in which the Ramak explains the importance of kabbalah study and correct approaches to it.
56 leaves. 15.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Minor open tear and minor worming to title page and first leaves, slightly affecting border, repaired with paper. Title page trimmed close to border. Censor's signatures on verso of title page. New leather binding.
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