Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Machzor following Roman rite, part II. Venice: Giovanni Caleoni for Pietro, Alvise & Lorenzo Bragadin, 1626.
344 leaves. 15 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Tear down title page, affecting border; minor marginal open tears. Open tears and worming, affecting text in several places. Leaves trimmed with damage to headings in several places. Inscriptions. Original leather binding, with gilt decorations. Minor defects and worming to binding.
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Machzor following Roman rite, Parts I and II, with laws and additions by R. Avraham Yedidia Basilea. Mantua: Isaac Yareh and Jacob Haver Tov, [1718-1719]. Two parts in one volume.
Several glosses in Italian script – textual corrections and customs.
Two parts in one volume: [2], 117; 92, [1] leaves. 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and wax stains. Wear to some leaves. Creases. Tears, including open tears affecting text in several places. Old binding.
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Machzor Shaar Bat Rabim, Part I – prayers for weekdays, Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh and Festivals, "following the rite of the Ashkenazi community", with the Hadrat Kodesh commentary, by R. Yitzchak son of R. Yaakov Yosef HaLevi. Venice: Bragadin, [1711-1714]. Engraved title page.
This elaborate machzor was published at the initiative of the Italian communities, who undertook to buy the printed copies. The machzor was printed and sold in individual gatherings. The present copy comprises part I in its entirety.
360 leaves. 35.5 cm. Light-colored, thick, high-quality paper. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Marginal tears to several leaves. Endpaper stuck to title page border (minor damage to engraved border). Some leaves of Tisha B'Av lamentations with significant dampness damage, mold stains, wax stains and tears, affecting text. New binding, partially detached.
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Seder Me'ah Brachot – blessings, prayers and piyyutim, including the Passover Haggadah, with Spanish translation. Amsterdam, 1687. Approbation by R. Yitzchak Aboab, R. Yaakov Sasportas and R. Solomon de Oliveyra.
Prayers for various occasions, such as circumcision of converts and slaves, blessing upon the purchase of a slave, prayer for Marranos burnt at stake in Spain and Portugal. With laws of Shechitah in rhyme, tables for calculating tekufot and festivals, and chronological list of events in the history of the Jewish people until the Khmelnytsky massacres (1648-1649), in Spanish.
Hebrew text and Spanish translation on facing pages (with corresponding pagination).
Additional engraved title page, depicting various blessings.
[11] leaves, [1], 303, 304; 54, [11], 7, [20] pages. Approx. 12 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Marginal tears. Open tears to first title page, affecting engraving, repaired with paper. Large open tear to final leaf, repaired with paper. Inscriptions. Stamp. Gilt edges, with engraved decorations. Early binding (leather-covered wood), with (new) metal clasps. Defects to binding.
From the collection of Dan Yardeni.
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Derech Yeshara siddur, Ashkenazi-rite, prayers for weekdays, Shabbat, festivals and High Holidays, selichot and piyyutim, laws and customs, with Yiddish translation and explanation of the prayers and laws. With Tehillim and Maamadot, and supplications for women, by R. Yechiel Michel Segal Epstein (author of Kitzur Shelah). Nuremberg, 1768.
Additional engraved title page. Divisional title pages for the Book of Tehillim and the order of supplications.
The Derech Yeshara siddur was first published in 1697 in Frankfurt am Main. It gained great popularity, and was reprinted in several editions. This is the seventh edition of the siddur, with several additions, in particular the selichot for Yom Kippur Katan.
[4], 32, 29-96, 93-94, 93-96, 93-96, 93-106, 109-193, 1-18, 17-96, 1-6; 102, [1]; [1], 12 leaves (first sequence misfoliated). 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and wax stains. Minor wear. Worming to several leaves, affecting text. Closed and open tears to several leaves, affecting text, repaired in part with paper. Two leaves restored with transparent paper. Margins trimmed with damage to engraved title page border and to text in several other places. Leather binding, with leather and metal clasps (binding and clasps partially restored).
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Gebeden der Portugeesche Jooden door een Joodsch Genootschap uit het Hebreeuwsch vertaalt, siddur for weekdays and festivals, for the Portuguese Jewish community in the Netherlands. The Hague: Lion Cohen, 1791-1793. Four volumes. Dutch with Hebrew headings.
The title page of each volume is adorned with a (different) engraving.
This is the first translation of the siddur to Dutch, produced by the Talmidei Tzadik group – a group of young students who studied under R. Tzadik Kohen Belinfante (1732-1786) in The Hague. A native of Amsterdam, R. Belinfante was raised in London, and returned to The Hague in 1760, where he served as rabbi and teacher. Following his passing in 1786, his disciples founded this association in his memory.
Four volumes. Vol. I: [1], XLII, [2], 436 pages. Vol. II: [6], 556 pages. Vol. III: [6], 304 pages. Lacking [1] final page of errata. Vol. IV: [6], 507, [1] pages. Lacking [6] of [7] pages of errata. Size varies, 19.5-21 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Minor wear to some leaves. Minor damage. Creases. Stamps. Old, non-uniform bindings. One volume with original, ornamented leather binding.
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Armon Ir HaElohim, Shaarei Shamayim – Part II, with Passover Haggadah, by R. Yaakov Emden – the Yaavetz. Korets: [Avraham son of Yitzchak Eizik, 1818]. Second edition of the Yaavetz's siddur.
Part II of the Ashkenazi rite siddur of the Yaavetz, with commentary, practices, laws and ethics. This part comprises the prayers for Rosh Chodesh and the festivals, with the Passover Haggadah.
Signatures on title page and final leaf.
145 leaves. 20 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Extensive worming to title page and other leaves, with significant damage to text in some places. Open tear to leaf 13, affecting text. Tear and printing defect to leaf 119. Inscriptions. Stamps. New binding.
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Illustrated Passover Haggadah, in Hebrew and "Lashon Ashkenazim", with the Tzeli Esh commentary. Venice: Alvise Bragadin, [1716].
Each page of text enclosed in a fine decorative border. Many woodcut illustrations.
This Haggadah was simultaneously printed in three editions, one with a Judeo-Italian translation, one with Ladino translation, and the third (the present edition), described on the title page as being in "Hebrew and Lashon Ashkenazim". The latter edition also comprises a Judeo-Italian (and not Yiddish) translation, though unlike the Judeo-Italian edition, the text of Birkat HaMazon here follows Ashkenazi rite.
[26] leaves. 32.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, including dark food stains to several leaves. Many open tears, with damage to title page border and to text and illustrations on other leaves; repaired with paper. Photocopy replacements in several places (all leaves professionally restored). Worming, affecting text and illustrations, repaired with paper. New binding.
Yaari 82; Otzar HaHaggadot 132.
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Large collection of printed leaves from various editions of illustrated Haggadot, with several leaves from other books (including leaf from Passover Haggadah, Mantua 1560; leaf from Tractate Yevamot, Pesaro 1509; leaf of Mishnayot, Sabbioneta 1559).
Some 140 leaves and leaf fragments from the following Haggadot (or from Haggadot with similar illustrations and layout):
• Illustrated Passover Haggadah in Hebrew and "Lashon Ashkenazim" (see item previous item), with the Tzeli Esh commentary. Venice, [1716]. Some illustrations hand-colored. • Illustrated Passover Haggadah in Hebrew and Judeo-Italian. Venice, 1663. (Leaves from two copies?). • Illustrated Passover Haggadah, with Ladino translation. [Venice, 1740?]. Without first two leaves. • Illustrated Passover Haggadah, with the Abarbanel commentary. Amsterdam: Solomon Proops, [1712]. All the leaves, including both title pages, without folded map.
Several additional leaves:
• Single leaf, from Passover Haggadah, Mantua 1560, with the Psalms of Hallel (many open tears).
• Single leaf from Tractate Yevamot, [Pesaro]: Soncino, [1509]. Leaf [112], comprising text appearing in regular editions on pp. 86b-87b.
• Final leaf from Mishnayot with commentaries of the Rambam and R. Ovadia of Bartenura, Order Zera'im. Sabbioneta, 1559. With printer's device.
Approx. 140 leaves. Size and condition vary. Many dark stains, extensive wear and many open tears affecting text and illustrations. Worming.
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Passover Haggadah, with the Maaseh Hashem commentary, by R. Eliezer Ashkenazi. Fürth: Chaim son of Tzvi Hirsch, [1754].
Approbation by the Pnei Yehoshua accorded specifically for this edition, with effusive praise of the author, R. Eliezer Ashkenazi.
[1], 23 leaves. 32 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming. Marginal wear and tears. Open tear to title page, slightly affecting border, repaired with paper. Signature and inscriptions. Several brief glosses. Original binding, damaged.
Yaari 137; Otzar HaHaggadot 213.
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Passover Haggadah, with Kabbalat Shabbat, Arvit and Sefirat HaOmer service. Jerusalem: R. Yisrael Bak, [1842]. This is the first Haggadah printed in Jerusalem, and one of the first Hebrew titles printed in Jerusalem, in the press founded by R. Yisrael Bak.
In his foreword at the beginning of the Haggadah, the printer writes about the founding of the press in Jerusalem.
[30] leaves. 15 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dark stains and mold. Worming, tears and open tears, affecting text. Tear with printing defect, affecting text. Paper repairs to most leaves. Many inscriptions on title page. New leather binding.
Sh. HaLevy 5; Yaari 618; Otzar HaHaggadot 849.
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The Barcelona Haggadah, exquisite facsimile published by Facsimile Editions. With a commentary volume, including an English translation of the text. London, 1992. Copy no. 145/500 (the facsimile was printed in a total of 550 copies, including 50 Ad Personam copies which are identical to regular copies).
An exquisite, accurate facsimile of the Barcelona Haggadah, a 14th century illuminated manuscript. Printed on thick imitation vellum paper and bound in leather. The raised burnished gold in the original was reproduced by laying metal leaf by hand.
Facsimile: [161] leaves. Commentary volume: 175 pages. Approx. 26 cm. Original slipcase: 28 cm. Good condition. Minor stains to commentary volume. Minor damage to spines. Minor defects to slipcase.
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