Auction 16 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Six Books Printed in the 16th-17th Century - Missing Copies

Opening: $1,200
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1. [Responsa, Maharashdam - Rabbi Shmuel Di Modina], Volume 2, Tur Even HaEzer. [Salonika, 1594]. - Originally; 15, [1], 204 leaves. This copy has: only Leaves 1-200 of 204 leaves. Detached leaves. Moth damage. Ancient stamps and glosses.
2. [Responsa, Maharshadam - Rabbi Shmuel Di Modina], Volume 3, Tur Choshen Mishpat. [Salonika, 1595-1597]. - Originally: 34, 320 leaves. This copy has: Only Leaves 3-320. Leaf 3 is detached, last leaves are torn, missing text. Several notes in ancient handwriting.
3. Kehillat Ya'akov - Kodesh Yisrael, explanations and homiletics on the Book of Kohelet. Title of title page "This is the history of a great man the exemplary scholar Rabbi Baruch Ebn Baruch Yazia". Daniel Zaniti Printing, Venice, 1598-1599. - Originally: 229, [18] leaves. This copy has: First 9 leaves missing; at end, only [8] leavers.
4. Olat Tamid, commentary on the Torah, by Rabbi Moshe Albilda. [Venice, 1601]. - Originally, 231, [4] leaves. This copy has: Only Leaves 10-224. Handwritten title page with inscriptions signed Rabbi Heshel Rosenbaum. A leaf of Torah novellae is attached.
5. Ben Shmuel, homiletics on the Torah, by Maharashdam - Rabbi Shmuel Di Modina. Mantova, [1622]. - Originally: 2, 125 leaves. This copy has: A title page + first leaf + Leaves 4-5 missing and substituted with a photocopy, Leaf 6 damaged. Not uniform margin cutting, apparently composed of two copies.
6. Responsa of Rabbi Ya'akov L'Beit Levi, by Rabbi Ya'akov ben Yisrael HaLevi. Venice, 1632-1634. Originally: 194 leaves. This copy has: Leaves 2-3, 181-184, 186-187, 190-191, 193-194 missing. Several damaged leaves, with damaged text. Ancient owners' signature Shmuel and another faded signature.
Varied size and condition.
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