Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Five Books of the Torah, with Onkelos and Rashi, with the Haftarot. Amsterdam: Yochanan Levi Rofe and his brother-in-law Baruch and brother Hertz, [1786-1787].
Six small volumes. Separate volume for each Chumash, with a sixth volume for the Haftarot. Divisional title page for each Chumash. This edition originally included the Five Megillot, yet they are not found in the present set.
6 volumes. Continuous foliation. Bereshit: [1], 123 leaves. Shemot: [1], 125-238 leaves. Vayikra: [1], 240-317 leaves. Bamidbar: [1], 319-418 leaves. Devarim: [1], 420-509 leaves. Haftarot: 46-98 leaves. Lacking leaves 1-45 of final sequence (Five Megillot). Approx. 13 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Lower margins trimmed with damage to text on many leaves. Bookplates, signatures and stamps. Old bindings, partially detached.
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Five-volume set. Torat Emet – Tikkun Sofrim, Five Books of the Torah, with Rashi commentary, Haftarot and Western-Ashkenazi rite siddur with yotzrot and piyyutim. Accurate edition. Amsterdam, 1827. Published by R. Naftali Löwenstamm son of R. Yaakov Moshe, Rabbi of Amsterdam.
Additional engraved title page in all volumes, depicting Moshe and Aharon, the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai and the Temple.
[1] leaf after first [2] leaves in Bamidbar not listed in Bibliography of Hebrew Book.
5 volumes. Bereshit: [1], 7, 91; [1], 15; 32; 10 leaves. Shemot: [2], 86; 20; 32; 28 leaves. Vayikra: [2], 56; 18; 32; 30 leaves. Bamidbar: [3], 70; 12; 32; 8 leaves. Devarim: [1], 66; 11; 32; 9 leaves. 18-19.5 cm (Vayikra vol. larger than other vols.; with different binding). Good condition. Stains. Minor worming to Bamidbar vol. Engraved title page of Bamidbar vol. trimmed, with damage to engraved border, repaired with paper. Leaves trimmed with slight damage to text in several places. Signature in vol. III. Old bindings, with leather spines (one vol. in different leather binding). Damage to bindings, open tears to spines.
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Yosef Tehillot, commentary on Tehillim, by R. Chaim Yosef David Azulai – the Chida. Livorno: Eliezer Saadon, [1801]. First edition.
The book includes the text of the Psalms, together with the Chida's commentary, which he noted for himself whilst reciting Tehillim.
The prayers preceding and following the recital of Tehillim (from the book Kitzur Shelah) were edited by the Chida, who also added kavanot. Prayer orders for the sick and in memory of the deceased are printed here for the first time.
144 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming. Closed and open tears to title page and other leaves, not affecting text. Old binding, damaged.
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Meshech Chochma, on the Torah, by R. Meir Simcha Kohen of Dvinsk. Riga: Eli Levine, 1927.
First edition of the book, published by R. Menachem Mendel Dov Ber Zak Rabbi of Riga, who received the manuscript from the author before the latter passed away in Riga on 4th Elul 1926.
434 pages. 25.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Minute tears to a few leaves. First endpaper detached. Original binding, with minor defects.
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