Two books printed in the 1500s – in one volume.
1. Sefer Ikarim, principles of Jewish faith, by R. Yosef Albo. Venice, 1544.
2. Ohel Yaakov, commentary on the philosophical and mathematical parts of Sefer HaIkarim by R. Yosef Albo, by R. Yaakov Koppelman. Freiburg, 1584. First edition.
Geometrical illustrations and various diagrams. On p. 32b, illustration of two people on a ship.
Ownership inscriptions in both books: On title page of Sefer HaIkarim, signature of "Meshulam Zalman Fischhof Auerbach", and other inscriptions; on title page of Ohel Yaakov: "Meshulam Zalman son of… R. Binyamin Ze'ev Wolf Fischhof Auerbach" [R. Binyamin Wolf son of R. Meshulam Zalman Fischhof Auerbach, head of the Nikolsburg (Mikulov) Beit Din, author of a 1695 approbation for Vayakhel Moshe, printed in Dessau, 1699, may be the son or father of the present signatory].
Handwritten glosses (by several writers, in Ashkenazic script nearly contemporaneous with printing).
Few Hebrew books were printed in Freiburg.
Sefer HaIkarim: [1], 2-171 leaves. Mah Tovu Ohalecha Yaakov: 34 leaves. 19 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Marginal tears and open tears to several leaves. Early binding, with leather spine and corners. Defects to binding (both sides of binding loose).
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
