Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Midrash Tanchuma, on the Five Books of the Torah. Prague: Yaakov son of Gershon Bak, 1612-1613.
Signature on title page of Tevele Wallach (perhaps R. Tevele Wallach, who exchanged halachic correspondence with the Avodat HaGershuni).
Additional signatures (some deleted with ink) and inscriptions on the title page.
71, 73-100 leaves. Lacking leaf 72. 30 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Open tears (some large) to title page and other leaves, slightly affecting title page border and affecting text, repaired with paper. Extensive worming, affecting text. Marginal paper repairs to title page and other leaves, affecting text in several places. Handwritten inscriptions. New binding, with defects and worming.
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Two books in one volume:
Etz Shatul, Sefer HaIkkarim by R. Yosef Albo, with commentaries by R. Gedaliah son of Moshe [Lipschitz]. Venice: Giovanni Cajon, [1618]. First edition. Bound with: Responsa of Maharam of Lublin. [Venice: Giovanni Cajon, 1618]. First edition.
The author of Etz Shatul was a Polish Torah scholar. The book begins with approbations by the leading Torah scholars of the generation, including the Shelah, the Maharsha, the Maharam of Lublin, the Keli Yakar, the Tevuot Shor and others.
Signature in Italian script on the title page of Etz Shatul.
Two books in one volume. Etz Shatul: 144 leaves. Lacking final two leaves. Responsa Maharam of Lublin: 2-114 leaves. Lacking title page. 28.5 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Worming; on final leaf worming slightly affecting text. Minor tear to title page of Etz Shatul, without loss. Inner side of title page border slightly damaged due to binding. Censor's signatures. Old binding.
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Pnei Rabba, index of verses in Midrash Rabba (Part I – Torah, Part II – Five Megillot), with a concise index of topics discussed in Midrash Rabba on the Five Megillot. [Amsterdam: Menasseh ben Israel, 1628].
This is one of the first books printed by Menasseh ben Israel in Amsterdam.
Two parts in one volume.
On the title pages of parts I and II, signatures of R. Yochanan Hirsch Schlank (1815-1884), disciple of the Chatam Sofer and head of communal institutions in Jerusalem.
[2], 53; [1], 25 leaves. 18 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor wear. Marginal open tears to first two leaves and several other leaves, slightly affecting title page border, with paper repairs (title page border completed by hand). Worming to title page and other leaves, slightly affecting text. Marginal paper repairs to several leaves. Title page trimmed, with slight damage to border. Old binding.
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Tzofnat Pane'ach, commentary on Kohelet and Iyov, by R. Shmuel HaKohen Lusitano of Pisa. Venice, [1640]. Only edition.
The printing of the book was controversial. R. Shmuel Aboab opposed its printing, possibly due to the eschatological calculations the author makes, which could cause people to despair of the Redemption.
Poem in praise of the book by R. Yehuda Aryeh Modena at the beginning of the book.
Printer's device on title page. The date of printing is subject to dispute.
[4], 3-33 [i.e. 31] leaves. 19.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark ink stains. Marginal tears and open tears, not affecting text. Inscriptions on endpaper. Deleted inscriptions on title page. Stamps, partly deleted. New binding.
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Mishnayot, with Rashi, and the Etz Chaim commentary by R. Yisrael Yaakov Hagiz. Livorno: Yedidia son of R. Yitzchak Gabbai author of Kaf Nachat, 1654-1656. Four of six volumes (Nashim, Nezikin, Kodashim and Taharot; without Zera'im-Moed).
First edition, published by the author shortly before he immigrated to Eretz Israel and established his famous yeshiva in Jerusalem.
Ownership inscriptions in Italian script.
Four volumes. Nashim: 223 leaves. Nezikin: 302 leaves. Kodashim: 272 leaves. Taharot: 368 leaves. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Worming, affecting text. Marginal tears. Tear to one leaf of vol. I, affecting text. Tear to final leaf of last volume, affecting text and ornament. Several detached leaves. Inscriptions. Original leather bindings, partially detached (Kodashim and Taharot vols.). Damage and worming to bindings.
• Enclosed: 15 leaves from Moed volume: leaves 57-72 (Tractate Shabbat). Stains, tears and wear.
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Shemen HaTov and Zekan Aharon, on the Torah, Aggadah, Passover Haggadah, and more, by R. Shlomo Ohev and his grandson R. Aharon HaKohen, with Maaseh Yeshurun, on the blood libel in Ragusa. Venice: Vendramin, [1657].
[4], 29, 29-125, 122-148, 147-151, [5] leaves. 28.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Small perforation to title page ornament. Old binding, damaged.
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Yalkut Reuveni, anthology of kabbalistic and ethical passages from various books, arranged in alphabetical order, by R. Reuven Hoshke Katz. Prague: Sons of Jacob Bak, [1660]. First edition.
The author, R. Reuven Hoshke Katz (d. 1673) was a kabbalist and preacher, a Torah scholar of Prague. Grandson of R. Shlomo Efraim of Lunschitz, author of Kli Yakar.
Stamps and handwritten inscriptions of the Etz Chaim Beit Midrash of the Ashkenazi community in Amsterdam.
[162] leaves. Approx. 18 cm. Title page and other leaves browned. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Dark stains to title page and other leaves. Worming, slightly affecting text. Wear and minor marginal tears to some leaves. Tears to several leaves, with paper repairs on text and in margins. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. Old binding, with leather spine.
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Migdol David, commentary on Megillat Ruth, by R. David Lida. Amsterdam, [1680]. Only edition.
Bound with: Shir Hilulim, poem for the occasion of presenting a Torah scroll, by R. David Lida. Amsterdam, [1680-1681]. With separate title page.
Shir Hilulim is rare and does not appear in all copies.
On both title pages, signatures of R. Shlomo of Dubno. Additional signature on first title page.
R. Shlomo of Dubno (1739-1813), disciple of the Mirkevet HaMishneh. Renowned as an expert on the Biblical text, Masorah and grammar, he was asked by the Gaon of Vilna to clarify the accurate Masorah of the Books of Neviim and Ketuvim.
The commentary to Megillat Ruth was in fact composed by R. Chaim HaKohen of Aleppo and not by R. David Lida. R. Yaakov Emden sharply criticized the book and accused the author of plagiarism.
Migdol David: 73 leaves; Shir Hilulim: [2] leaves. Approx. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains and some wear. Old binding (non-original), spine torn.
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Beit Shmuel, on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer, by R. Shmuel son of Uri Shraga Phoebus of Wodzisław. Dyhernfurth: R. Shabbetai Meshorer [Bass] of Prague, 1689. First edition.
On the title page, three signatures of R. Yoel Pincherle. Two of them were deleted and replaced with the signature of R. Shlomo son of R. Yisrael Bassan. At the top of the title page, inscription in Italian by R. Bassan, mentioning the city of Verona.
The book contains several glosses in Italian script, mostly trimmed, from several writers. Some of them may have been written by R. Yoel Pincherle.
R. Shlomo Bassan (1670/1680 – after 1757), a rabbi of Verona. He was presumably the son of R. Yisrael Chizkiyahu Bassan and the brother of R. Yeshayahu Bassan (teacher of the Ramchal).
R. Yoel Pincherle was a rabbi and shochet in Verona and Alessandria in the first half of the 18th century.
[1], 63, 65-80 [i.e. 70], 75-85, 87-160 leaves. Lacking leaves 71-74. Misfoliation. 30 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming, not affecting text. Marginal tears to several leaves. Margins of one leaf trimmed with damage to text. Old binding, damaged.
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Sefer Yosifon, by Yosef son of Gurion HaKohen. Frankfurt [am Main], [1689]. Small format.
332 leaves. 13 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Open tears to title page, affecting text and border, and tears to other leaves, slightly affecting text, repaired with paper. Inscriptions. New parchment binding, with leather strap closures.
From the collection of Dan Yardeni.
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Mateh Dan – Kuzari Sheni, demonstrating the authenticity of the Oral Law, by R. David Nieto. London: Thomas Ilive, 1714. First edition.
The first edition was printed in three variants: Hebrew only, Spanish only, and Hebrew with Spanish. The present volume contains the combined edition – Hebrew with Spanish.
R. David Nieto (1654-1728), Torah scholar well versed in science. Dayan, preacher and physician in Livorno, and later first rabbi of the Sephardi community in London.
The book was originally printed with two engraved title pages, one in Hebrew and one in Spanish. The present copy comprises the Spanish title page only.
[9], 254 leaves. Lacking: Hebrew title page and leaf [10] (a blank leaf is bound between leaves [7-8]). 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. New leather binding.
One of the first Hebrew books printed in England.
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Sefer Minhagim. Amsterdam: Isaac de Cordova, 1723. Yiddish in Tsene Rene typeface.
Many woodcut illustrations throughout the book. The customs and laws were printed in Tsene Rene typeface; the prayers and blessings in square, vocalized type.
61 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Marginal tears. Leaves trimmed close to text in several places. Early parchment binding, damaged (partially detached).
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