Pachad Yitzchak, first Torah encyclopedia, by R. Yitzchak Refael Lampronti – complete twelve-volume set, comprising all thirteen parts: Parts I-V printed in Venice, Reggio and Livorno, 1750-1839, and Parts VI-XIII printed in Lyck by Mekitzei Nirdamim, 1864-1888.
• Pachad Yitzchak, Part I (Alef-Bet) and Part II (volume I; Gimel-Dalet). Venice, [1750-1753]. Two parts in two volumes.
On first volume, signature on title page and several other places of "Ezra Attiya" – R. Ezra Attiya (1810-1875), preacher and rabbi in Aleppo (an ancestor of R. Ezra Attiya, dean of the Porat Yosef yeshiva in Jerusalem).
In second volume, signature and ownership inscription on title page of R. Yaakov Amado (d. 1875), a disciple of R. Chaim Palachi, rabbi and preacher in Izmir. His sermons were published posthumously in Imrei Emet.
• Pachad Yitzchak, Part II (volume II; He-Chet) and Part III (Chet-Tet). Venice, [1796-1798]. Two parts in one volume.
• Pachad Yitzchak, Part IV (Yud-Lamed). Venice-Reggio, 1813.
• Pachad Yitzchak, Part V (Mem). Livorno, [1839].
• Pachad Yitzchak. Lyck, 1864-1888. Eight parts (VI-XIII) in seven volumes (comprising letters Nun-Tav).
Two volumes have signatures on title page of "Leib Yehudah of Babruysk".
R. Yitzchak Lampronti (1679-1756) was a Torah scholar, physician and leading Italian rabbi. Rabbi and yeshiva dean in Ferrara. His disciples served as rabbis of distinguished communities in Italy. He is noted for his monumental Pachad Yitzchak series – the first halachic encyclopedia, printed over the course of more than 140 years.
12 volumes. Varying size and condition. Bookplates. New and old bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Provenance: Collection of Prof. Jordan S. Penkower.
