Menot HaLevi, commentary on the Book of Esther [with Biblical text], by kabbalist R. Shlomo Alkabetz. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1585. First edition.

[4], 188, 197-230, [1] leaves. Lacking leaves 189-196 (gatherings 48-49). Leaves 227-228 misordered. 19.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Worming in many places (heavy worming to some leaves), affecting text in many places, repaired with paper filling (all leaves repaired). Open tears, repaired with paper filling. New leather binding.

Variant. Minor variations to title page, and first four leaves retyped, as documented in Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.

CB, no. 6895, 2; Zedner, p. 145; Roest, p. 219

Yefeh Mareh, commentaries and novellae on aggadot of Talmud Yerushalmi [including the original text], by R. Shmuel Yaffe Ashkenazi. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, [1590]. Second edition.

On verso of title page, special printer's device of Asher Parenzo.

Ownership inscriptions on title page: "This is my book, Meir Lumbroso"; "This belongs to… R. Avraham Lumbroso"; "Yitzchak"; "Purchased by me, Eliyahu Chai Guedj son of R. Yosef". On the Lumbroso rabbinic family of Tunisia, see: Kohen, Malchei Tarshish, Netivot 1986, pp. 201-208). R. Eliyahu Chai Guedj was a Tunis-born rabbi of Algiers (d. ca. 1908).

Glosses by several writers, in script characteristic of Tunis and Algiers. Most glosses somewhat trimmed.

331 leaves. 29 cm. Fair condition. Browning of paper on several leaves. Many stains, including dampstains and traces of former dampness. Wear. Marginal tears and open tears to title page and other leaves, mainly to first and last leaves, affecting text (verso of title page repaired with paper strip). Worming. New binding.

CB, no. 7037, 1; Zedner, p. 750; Roest, p. .1117

She'erit Yosef, Talmudic methodology, by R. Yosef ibn Verga. Mantua: printed by Tomaso Ruffinelli, 1593. Published by Yitzchak and Shlomo sons of R. Shmuel of Norzi. Second edition.

Signature on title page: "Shlomo son of R. Yis—Bassan…". Another ownership inscription of his on last leaf, in Italian ("Salomon Bassani").

R. Shlomo Bassan (1670/1680 – after 1757), a rabbi of Verona. He was presumably the son of R. Yisrael Chizkiyahu Bassan and the brother of R. Yeshayahu Bassan (teacher of the Ramchal). He served as rabbi of Verona in the first half of the 18th century.

On verso of last page, signature of censor.

44 leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Small open tear to title page, and small open tear to another leaf, slightly affecting text. Worming in one place on title page. Margins of several leaves repaired with paper. New binding.

CB, no. 6022, 2; Zedner, p. 351; Roest, p. 591.

Aruch, Talmudic lexicon arranged alphabetically, by R. Natan of Rome. Basel: Konrad Waldkirch, 1599.

Deleted ownership inscription on title page, and inscriptions on back endpapers: "…Belongs to the famed official R. Meir".

Latin glosses on many margins.

166 leaves. 28.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains, wear and creases. Tears and open tears, affecting text of title page (on book name) and several other leaves. Worming, affecting text. Inner margins of all leaves trimmed next to spine, filled with paper strips. New binding.

CB, no. 6632, 5.

Tumat Yesharim, anthology of works edited by R. Binyamin Mutal. Venice: Giovanni Cajon for Pietro and Lorenzo Bragadin, 1622.

The present book is an anthology comprising four central works and several additional smaller works, printed here for the first time: "Ohalei Tam" – responsa by R. Tam ibn Yachya; Derech Tamim, glosses on the Rif and his commentators by R. Tam ibn Yachya and his son R. Gedaliah ibn Yachya (including glosses by R. Betzalel Ashkenazi, R. Yitzchak Luria, and R. Avraham Treves Tzarfati); Temim De'im, rulings, commentaries and Hasagot on the Rif by R. Avraham son of David of Posquières (the Raavad); Klalei Shmuel by R. Shmuel Sirilio; and Hagahot Sifra copied by the editor R. Binyamin Mutal; and several additional minor works.

The editor of the book, R. Binyamin Mutal, was a Torah scholar of Constantinople. He edited and published several other works.

Signature on title page: "Eliezer de Toledo" – signature of R. Eliezer de Toledo (1770-1848), Rabbi of Constantinople and leading Torah scholar of Turkey, author of Responsa Mishnat Rabbi Eliezer (Thessaloniki-Izmir, 1852-1872).

Additional inscription (crossed out): "Belongs to… R. Shlomo Camundo, may be steady like the sun and dwell on high". R. Shlomo Camundo was a prominent and wealthy figure from Constantinople, in addition to being a Torah scholar. He authored the works Ben Meshek and Naharot Damesek (both printed in Thessaloniki, 1802). Two letters addressed to him by the Noda BiYehudah were published in Beit Aharon VeYisrael, 37 (X, 1), pp. 7-10.

Handwritten inscriptions on last leaf: "This is my book, Yosef HaKohen", and more. Several glosses to leaves of book.

114; 120; 94; 55, 57-66 leaves. Leaf 56 of last sequence lacking. Leaves 48-49 of last sequence bound out of order, after leaf 41 (leaf 49 foliated as 50). 29 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dark dampstains and traces of former dampness, with mold stains. Wear and creases to margins of some leaves. Worming in many places, affecting text. Tears and open tears to title page and other leaves, affecting text in several places. Title page partially detached. New binding.

CB, no. 4084; Zedner, p. 349; Roest, p. 589.