Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,125
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Manuscript of prayers and blessings for women, with Seder Kabbalat Shabbat. [18th or early 19th century].
Title page decorated with four small flowers and one large flower surrounded by the title: "Conduct for Erev Shabbat, prayer for pregnant women, prayer during childbirth and Birchat Challah". Square vowelized Italian script. Each page enclosed in a border.
The manuscript includes: blessings for candle lighting on the eve of Shabbat and holidays, blessings for separating Challah, blessings for immersing in the mikveh, proper conduct for Erev Shabbat - including "Lecha Dodi" and the psalms "Mizmor Shir LeYom HaShabbat" and "Hashem Malach", prayers for pregnant women, and prayers to be said during childbirth.
Original binding. On the back cover is a piece of red leather with gold embossing: "Ester Coen in Tedesco".
[15] pages. 25 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Several tears. Damage and wear to binding.
Title page decorated with four small flowers and one large flower surrounded by the title: "Conduct for Erev Shabbat, prayer for pregnant women, prayer during childbirth and Birchat Challah". Square vowelized Italian script. Each page enclosed in a border.
The manuscript includes: blessings for candle lighting on the eve of Shabbat and holidays, blessings for separating Challah, blessings for immersing in the mikveh, proper conduct for Erev Shabbat - including "Lecha Dodi" and the psalms "Mizmor Shir LeYom HaShabbat" and "Hashem Malach", prayers for pregnant women, and prayers to be said during childbirth.
Original binding. On the back cover is a piece of red leather with gold embossing: "Ester Coen in Tedesco".
[15] pages. 25 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Several tears. Damage and wear to binding.
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
"Me'on HaShoalim, by the sage R. Moshe Moshe Rieti "; contains: Barchi Nafshi - Tochecha (reproach) by R. Bechaye, Vidui Gadol by Rabbeinu Nissim, Seder HaAvodah according to Sephardi rites, translated into Italian by Devorà Ascarelli; and two poems by Devorà Ascarelli. Venice: Daniel Zanetti, [1601].
Hebrew and Italian on facing pages. The head title, Me'on HaSho'alim is named after a piyyut by this title which appears at the beginning of the book.
The translator, Devorà Ascarelli, born in Rome, translated the poem of Tochecha by Rabbeinu Bechaye and the subsequent sections from Hebrew to Italian. She added two Italian poems (sonnets) which she herself wrote to the book.
Her name is noted on the title page as the translator and at the end of the book an anonymous poem was added in her honor. This book is the only source of information about the poet Devorà Ascarelli. From this book, we can learn that her husband was called Yosef and that she resided in Rome. No other details are known of this woman.
Incomplete copy. 1-8, 10-15, 17-19, 22-14, 26-29, [2] leaves (originally: 29, [2] leaves. Lacking leaves 9, 16, 20-21, 25). The lacking leaves have been replaced with photocopies. 13.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Contemporary damaged binding. Ownership inscriptions.
Rare. NLI possesses only a photocopy.
Hebrew and Italian on facing pages. The head title, Me'on HaSho'alim is named after a piyyut by this title which appears at the beginning of the book.
The translator, Devorà Ascarelli, born in Rome, translated the poem of Tochecha by Rabbeinu Bechaye and the subsequent sections from Hebrew to Italian. She added two Italian poems (sonnets) which she herself wrote to the book.
Her name is noted on the title page as the translator and at the end of the book an anonymous poem was added in her honor. This book is the only source of information about the poet Devorà Ascarelli. From this book, we can learn that her husband was called Yosef and that she resided in Rome. No other details are known of this woman.
Incomplete copy. 1-8, 10-15, 17-19, 22-14, 26-29, [2] leaves (originally: 29, [2] leaves. Lacking leaves 9, 16, 20-21, 25). The lacking leaves have been replaced with photocopies. 13.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Contemporary damaged binding. Ownership inscriptions.
Rare. NLI possesses only a photocopy.
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,000
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Sefer Mishlei Shlomo - Sefer Mishlei with Judeo-Italian translation, by R. Chizkiya Rietti. Venice: Giovanni Cajon, [1617]. Only edition.
Separate title page on page 29 for chapter 25 until the end. This title page includes the first verse of chapter 25: "These are also the words of King Solomon as copied by the men of King Chizkiya of Judah". This title page was seemingly printed in honor of the translator R. Chizkiya Rietti.
38 leaves. 18 cm. Condition varies. Most of the pages in good condition. Stains. Worming. Tears with damage to the title page and the six following pages. Pages cut along the lower margin flush with the text. New binding.
Separate title page on page 29 for chapter 25 until the end. This title page includes the first verse of chapter 25: "These are also the words of King Solomon as copied by the men of King Chizkiya of Judah". This title page was seemingly printed in honor of the translator R. Chizkiya Rietti.
38 leaves. 18 cm. Condition varies. Most of the pages in good condition. Stains. Worming. Tears with damage to the title page and the six following pages. Pages cut along the lower margin flush with the text. New binding.
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
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First and second editions of Sefer Galut Yehuda.
* Sefer Galut Yehuda, Hebrew-Italian dictionary of Tanach and Pirkei Avot. "This is the explanation of every foreign word in the twenty-four books of the Bible", by R Yehuda Aryeh of Modena. Venice: Giacomo Sarzina, 1612. First edition.
[10], 111-114, 9-40, 42-43, 46-62, 64-105, [1], 103-110 leaves. Leaves 111-114 were bound incorrectly. 18 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Title page is mounted on paper, with damage to the upper border. New binding. Bookplate.
* Sefer Galut Yehuda. Padova, 1640. Incudes Sefer Pi Aryeh (with separate title page), additions to the dictionary and "explanations of words used by our sages and commentators", by R. Yehuda Aryeh of Modena. First edition of Sefer Pi Aryeh.
[10], 9-43, 46-62, 64-114, [3]; 14 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains. New binding. Bookplate.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.
* Sefer Galut Yehuda, Hebrew-Italian dictionary of Tanach and Pirkei Avot. "This is the explanation of every foreign word in the twenty-four books of the Bible", by R Yehuda Aryeh of Modena. Venice: Giacomo Sarzina, 1612. First edition.
[10], 111-114, 9-40, 42-43, 46-62, 64-105, [1], 103-110 leaves. Leaves 111-114 were bound incorrectly. 18 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Title page is mounted on paper, with damage to the upper border. New binding. Bookplate.
* Sefer Galut Yehuda. Padova, 1640. Incudes Sefer Pi Aryeh (with separate title page), additions to the dictionary and "explanations of words used by our sages and commentators", by R. Yehuda Aryeh of Modena. First edition of Sefer Pi Aryeh.
[10], 9-43, 46-62, 64-114, [3]; 14 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains. New binding. Bookplate.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,000
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Barchi Nafshi, prayers, poems and piyyutim by Rabbeinu Bechaye and by other authors, in Hebrew and Italian. Venice: [Giovanni Caleoni] 1628.
The book has an Italian translation to three prayers: The Tochecha Barchi Nafshi by R. Bechaye, the vidui (confession) for Yom Kippur by R. Nissim, vidui for minchah of Yom Kippur according to Italian rites. These prayers were translated by Yochanan Yehuda (Angelo) Aletrini. The translator's grandson, R. Natan Yedidya of Orvieto, arranged these three works and translated them back into Hebrew (also printed here).
For a description of the book and for a literary analysis, see: The Invention of the Hebrew Iamb and Contributions to Hebrew Metrics in Italy" (in Hebrew). In D. Pagis, HaShir Dibbur al Ofanav, Jerusalem, 1993, pp. 236-257.
[1], 34, [2] leaves (the last leaf is lacking and is replaced with a professional photocopy). 14 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Worming affecting text, repaired. New vellum binding.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.
The book has an Italian translation to three prayers: The Tochecha Barchi Nafshi by R. Bechaye, the vidui (confession) for Yom Kippur by R. Nissim, vidui for minchah of Yom Kippur according to Italian rites. These prayers were translated by Yochanan Yehuda (Angelo) Aletrini. The translator's grandson, R. Natan Yedidya of Orvieto, arranged these three works and translated them back into Hebrew (also printed here).
For a description of the book and for a literary analysis, see: The Invention of the Hebrew Iamb and Contributions to Hebrew Metrics in Italy" (in Hebrew). In D. Pagis, HaShir Dibbur al Ofanav, Jerusalem, 1993, pp. 236-257.
[1], 34, [2] leaves (the last leaf is lacking and is replaced with a professional photocopy). 14 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Worming affecting text, repaired. New vellum binding.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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Lot 224 History of Jewish Rites - Venice, 1638 - Italian Composition by Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
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Historia de riti hebraici, vita & osservanze degl' Hebrei di questi tempi [History of Jewish Rites], by R. Yehuda Aryeh of Modena. Venice: Appresso G. Calleoni, 1638. First Italian edition.
Title page illustrated with a lovely copper engraving with the author's portrait at the bottom. The composition of R. Yehuda Aryeh of Modena about the "History of Jewish Rites" was first printed in French in Paris in 1637. The book reviews Jewish rites and ceremonies throughout the generations.
[22], 13-111, [5] pages. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Dampstains. New binding.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.
Title page illustrated with a lovely copper engraving with the author's portrait at the bottom. The composition of R. Yehuda Aryeh of Modena about the "History of Jewish Rites" was first printed in French in Paris in 1637. The book reviews Jewish rites and ceremonies throughout the generations.
[22], 13-111, [5] pages. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Dampstains. New binding.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $600
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Sefer Leshon Limudim, regarding the wisdom of the Hebrew language - "to explain the laws of the Hebrew language to the youth of the Jewish people who study its texts", by R. Moshe Chaim Luzzato - the Ramchal. Mantova, 1727. First edition.
Several glosses in Italian Hebrew handwriting.
56 leaves. [1] last leaf of errata missing. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Repaired worming to the margins. New leather binding.
Several glosses in Italian Hebrew handwriting.
56 leaves. [1] last leaf of errata missing. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Repaired worming to the margins. New leather binding.
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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