Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Five Books of the Torah, with the Five Megillot and Haftarot. Amsterdam: Hertz Levi Rofeh and his son-in-law Cashman, [1746-1747].
Tortoise-shell binding, with silver clasps and spine; owner's name on spine: "Rivka wife of R. Moshe".
Separate title page for the Haftarot. Contains Haftarot of both Ashkenazi and Sephardi rites.
On front endpapers, a handwritten prayer to be recited on Shabbat Mevarchim, and an English ownership inscription dated 1879.
79, 90-106, 97-142, [2]; 52 leaves. Approx. 13 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Margins trimmed close to text, affecting headings and text on some leaves. Color endpapers. Tortoise-shell binding, with silver clasps and silver spine.
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Five Books of the Torah, Five Megillot and Haftarot, with Targum Onkelos and Rashi commentary. Amsterdam: Yosef, Yaakov and Avraham, sons of Shlomo Proops, [1754-1756]. Small format.
Separate title pages for Bamidbar and Devarim, for the Five Megillot and for Haftarot.
280; [1], 282-445, [2]; [1], 446-491; [1] blank leaf, 55 leaves. Lacking last leaf. One gathering (leaves 409-420) bound upside-down. 12.5 cm. Condition varies. First leaves in fair condition. Most leaves in good-fair condition. Stains. Dark stains and extensive wear to first leaves. Tears, including open tears affecting text. Worming, affecting text. Paper repairs to title page, affecting text. Margins trimmed close to text, affecting headings (some headings are entirely lacking). Original leather binding, with damage and worming.
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Ezrat HaSofer, "Tikun Sofrim Vavei HaAmudim", Five Books of the Torah, with Haftarot, and with Or Torah by R. Menachem de Lonzano. Amsterdam, [1767-1769?].
Five volumes. Engraved title page in all volumes, with the Hebrew year 5529 [1768-1769]. The rest of the title pages are dated 5527 [1766-1767]. Separate title pages for the section of Haftarot in each volume, dated 5528 [1767-1768].
Printed at the beginning of Bereshit (between the engraved title page and the detailed title page) are approbations and poems in praise of the book and its editor, followed by the Meir Netiv composition regarding the Holy Names in the Torah, by R. Yehuda Piza. Printed at the end of the Book of Devarim is the Haftarah of Shabbat Eichah with Spanish translation (verse per verse), and Luchot HaIbur (calendar; separate title page; Hebrew and Portuguese) with tables.
This book was prepared as a model for scribes writing a Torah scroll (conforming with the custom known as Vavei HaAmudim – each column of the Torah scroll starting with the letter Vav). Shirat HaYam and Shirat Haazinu are printed on wider leaves, fitting with their layout in the Torah scroll (open tears to Shirat HaYam in this copy).
Five volumes. Bereshit: [11], 65; 26 leaves. Shemot: [1], [67]-121; [2], 28 leaves. Vayikra: [1], [122]-163; [2], 24 leaves. Bamidbar: [2], [165]-221; [2], 16 leaves. Devarim: [2], [223]-272, [1]; [3], 277-290; [8] leaves. Approx. 18 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Dampstains. Minor worming. Open tears, affecting text of Shirat HaYam. Several partially detached leaves. Handwritten inscriptions. Original, gilt-decorated leather binding, with original color endpapers. Wear and damage to bindings (some slightly detached). Tears to spines (one vol. lacking spine).
At the same time, another edition appeared, unvowelized and without the numbering of the chapters.
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Tehillim, divided into days of the week and days of the month, with the Radak commentary. Amsterdam: Yaakov Proops, [1778]. Small format.
Ownership inscription on the front endpaper (in square letters): "Gift… to our beloved… Senior Avraham Yehuda Blanis".
Apparently, the inscription is referring to R. Yehuda Blanis, leader of the Florence community in the 18th century, a close acquaintance of the Chida.
[1], 281 leaves. 12.5 cm. Gilt edges, decorated. Good condition. Stains. Leaves trimmed close to headings in several places. Original, gilt-decorated leather binding, with original color endpapers. Damaged binding. Housed in original leather case.
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