Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
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