Siddur with the commentary of R. Yaakov Emden, Part II - Shaarei Shamayim (prayers for festivals and more), Ashkenazi rite. Altona: [Printed in the home of the author R. Yaakov Rabbi of Emden - the Yaavetz], [1745-1747]. First edition.
Part II of the siddur with the commentaries of R. Yaakov Emden, according to revealed and kabbalistic approaches, based on the teaching of the Arizal. The first edition of this siddur is renowned for its great precision. R. Yaakov Emden expended great effort in establishing the exact text of the siddur, in the vocalization and accuracy of the words. This siddur was reprinted in many editions and was named by later printers "the Beit Yaakov siddur". In the siddur's later editions (Lviv and Warsaw), modifications and errors affected the text of the prayers, and all that remains of R. Yaakov Emden's corrections are his comments, integrated in his commentary printed in the margins. R. Yaakov Emden's siddur became widely accepted in the Chassidic world, and its second edition was printed in Korets in 1818, at the initiative and with the approbation of great Chassidic leaders: the rabbi of Apta and R. Mordechai of Chernobyl. The latter describes in his approbation the rarity of the first edition - the teachings of the Yaavetz are so cherished that "the siddurim have already become worn out, and there is not one to be found in the whole city". The Korets edition included only parts I and II, and in 1835, the third part was printed in Berditchev at the initiative and with the approbation of R. Mordechai of Chernobyl and R. Yisrael of Ruzhin (who praised the siddur in his approbation: "It was established and originates from golden foundations, in order to indicate the correct path with pure intellect on the topic of prayer"). The Imrei Yosef of Spinka wrote in the name of the sons of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, who heard from their father who had a tradition that the Baal Shem Tov once told R. Efraim, brother of the Yaavetz: "Your brother the Yaavetz was connected to the Upper spheres all day" (approbation of R. Moshe Halberstam to the Eshkol edition of the siddur, Jerusalem 1993). Tzror HaChaim (by R. Ch. Liebersohn, Biłgoraj 1913, p. 22), quotes in the name of the Baal Shem Tov: "Chacham Tzvi had five sons, whom the Baal Shem Tov attested all merited Divine Inspiration, yet he offered especially effusive praise on one of them, without disclosing which one, but his friends confirmed that he was referring to the Yaavetz". The Yeshuot Moshe of Vizhnitz writes in his approbation to that same edition: "…This siddur did not depart from the tables of our teachers and ancestors, who utilized it constantly, especially while leading the Seder on Passover night". Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch quoted corrections and practices from this siddur several times in his discourses, and once remarked "R. Yaakov Emden exercised ultimate precision in every way, to the point of being meticulous even regarding the letters etc." (BeTzel HaChochma, p. 265).
Title page of Part II: "The palace of the city of G-d, is open to 14 gates… Shaarei Shamayim… for the days and months of the year".
Incomplete copy. 154, 156-157 leaves. Lacking 3 leaves: 155, 158-159. 16 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains. Worming to some leaves, affecting text. Tear to final leaf, affecting text with some loss. Marginal creases. Stamp on title page. Original binding, damaged and detached.

Torah, Neviim Rishonim, Neviim Acharonim and Divrei HaYamim. Paris: Robertus Stephanus, 1539-1544.
Trei Asar was printed with the Radak commentary.
In 1544-1546, the same printer produced a miniature Bible edition. This is the medium-size edition, with particularly wide margins.
Three volumes. Vol. I (Five Books of the Torah): 579 pages. Vol. II (Neviim Rishonim and Divrei HaYamim): 501; 180 pages. Vol. III (Neviim Acharonim): 124; 163; 139; 66; 14; 8; 44; 20; 15; 32; 19; 12; 16; 59; 18 leaves. Blank pages and leaves between books of Bible. 25 cm. Exceptionally light-colored and high-quality paper. Wide, fine margins. Margins delineated with red ink. Gilt edges. Good condition. A few stains. Light worming to some leaves. Handwritten signatures and inscriptions on title page. Original leather bindings, with elaborate, gilt ornamentation to spines. Damage to bindings.

Mikraot Gedolot, Torah Neviim and Ketuvim, with commentaries. Basel: Ludwig König, [1618-1619].
Complete set in four volumes, large format.
Vol. I: Five Books of the Torah, with Targum Onkelos, the commentaries of Rashi, ibn Ezra and Baal HaTurim, and Masorah.
Vol. II: Neviim Rishonim, with Targum, the commentaries of Rashi, Radak, Ralbag and R. Yeshaya, and Masorah. Bound at the end of the volume: Tiberias - a lengthy introduction and composition on the history of Masorah by Johannes Buxtorf (Latin, without title page).
Vol. III: Neviim Acharonim, with Targum, the commentaries of Rashi, Radak and ibn Ezra, and Masorah.
Vol. IV: Ketuvim, with Targum, and the commentaries of Rashi, ibn Ezra, Ralbag and R. Saadia Gaon.
Vol. I: [2], 89, 94-228 leaves. Lacking 4 of first [6] leaves and leaves 90-93 (lacking total of 8 leaves). Vol. II: [1], 234-441 leaves; 114 pages of Tiberias (lacking title page). Vol. III: [1], 442-705 leaves. Vol IV: 707-837, 839-881, 883-946 leaves. Lacking 7, [1] leaves of the Targum Yerushalmi, 67 leaves of the Seder Masorah Gedolah on the Bible in alphabetical order. Without 36 leaves of haftarot according to various customs, and [2] leaves of errata which appear in a few copies. This copy does not contain the blank leaves 838 and 882 nor the blank leaves which sometimes appear after leaves 441 and 705 of the first sequence as well as after leaf 67 of the last sequence (these blank leaves were omitted from other copies as well). Vol. I: 37 cm. Rest of volumes: Approx. 40 cm. Condition varies: two volumes in fair condition (with stains and wear. Tears and damage to several leaves, affecting text in several places, repaired. Worming). Two volumes in good condition (stains, light wear, worming in several places). Ownership inscriptions on title page of first volume and fourth volume. Stamps. Old leather bindings and new, non-matching bindings.

Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim, with Latin foreword and notes - Biblia Hebraica accuratissima, notis Hebraicis et Lemmatibus Latinis illustrata, arranged by Johannes Leusden. Amsterdam: Joseph Athias, [1666-1667].
Second edition of the Bible published by Johannes Leusden.
Fine engraved title page. Woodcut divisional title pages for Neviim Rishonim, Neviim Acharonim and Ketuvim.
With [2] leaves at the end of the volume, with the table of Haftarot according to the rites of all the communities.
Approbations by the rabbis of Amsterdam, including R. Yitzchak Aboab (the third) da Fonseca. R. Yitzchak Aboab was one of the signatories on the ban excommunicating Baruch Spinoza in 1656.
[19], 178; 155, [156]-316, [317]-508, [2] leaves. 21 cm. Light-colored, high-quality paper. Good condition. A few stains. Worming to upper, inner margins of title page and other leaves. Ownership inscriptions on endpapers. Original leather binding, with minor damage.