Peleitat Beit Yehudah, responsa by R. Yehudah Lerma. Venice: Vincenzo, Nicolo, Pietro, Giacomo, Geronimo and Aloyse Bragadin, 1647. First edition.

On verso of title page, introduction by disciple of author, R. Simchah son of Gershon HaKohen.

80, [2] leaves. 20.5 cm. Overall fair condition (some leaves in good-fair condition). Stains. Worming; heavy, extensive worming on last leaves, affecting text. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Non-Hebrew inscription on front endpaper. New binding.

CB, no. 5737, 4; Zedner, p. 403.

Toldot Aharon, references to Biblical verses mentioned in the Talmud, Zohar, Akedat Yitzchak and Sefer HaIkarim, by R. Aharon of Pesaro; with Toldot Yaakov, references to verses in the Talmud Yerushalmi, by R. Yaakov Sasportas. Amsterdam: Shmuel son of Yisrael Soeiro, [1652].

Divisional title page for Toldot Yaakov.

[159; 32] leaves. 17 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming to many leaves, affecting text in several places. Marginal tears to several leaves. Old parchment binding. Front of binding and spine detached.

CB, no. 4377, 4 (Toldot Aharon).

CB, no. 5615, 5 (Toldot Yaakov).

Or Torah, first part of Shtei Yadot, on emendation of the Torah and clarification of the Masoretic text, by R. Menachem di Lonzano. Amsterdam: Uri son of Aharon HaLevi, 1659.

This work was first published as part of Shtei Yadot, Venice 1618, here printed as a standalone work for the first time.

Signature on title page (somewhat blurred): "G-d granted me this book, Avraham HaLevi of Chełm" – R. Avraham HaLevi of Chełm, Rabbi of Emden, a leading Torah scholar of his generation. He succeeded R. Yaakov Emden (Yaavetz) as Rabbi of Emden (ca. 1750s-1760s). He is mentioned in Responsa Noda BiYehudah Kama, Yoreh Deah, section 1, and in Zichron Yaakov (Fürth 1770); a responsum by him dated 1765 appears in Responsa She'elat Yaavetz II, sections 24-25. In 1760 he served as Rabbi of Hildesheim, and his document of appointment is printed in Kerem Shlomo (IV, 1). Together with R. Yaakov Emden he battled the remaining Sabbateans in Germany (see further in articles by A. Brik, Shanah BeShanah, 1980, pp. 335-340; Shanah BeShanah, 1993, pp. 409-420).

On endpaper, inscriptions of "R. Hirsch Oppenheim" – possibly R. Tzvi Hirsch Oppenheim (1793-1859), son and successor of R. David Oppenheim Rabbi of Almaș and Timișoara, a leading opponent of the Reform movement in Hungary (see enclosed material).

27 leaves. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears. New binding.

CB, no. 6355, 2; Zedner, p. 527; Roest, p. 790.

Nachalat Tzvi, commentary on Tractate Avot, with main text and commentary, by R. Tzvi Hirsch Tuchfirer. Venice: Gerolimo Bragadino, 1659. Only edition.

Proofread by kabbalist R. Moshe Zacuto.

Inscription on title page: "R. Bacchi".

[5], 89 leaves. Lacking leaves 90-106 (chapter 6 of Pirkei Avot). Approx. 19 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears and open tears, affecting title frame and text in several places, partially repaired with paper. Old binding.

CB, no. 1465; Zedner, p. 552; Roest, p. 672.

Four books printed in Germany, 17th-18th centuries:

• Amudeha Shivah, by R. Betzalel son of R. Shlomo. Dyhernfurth, [1693].

• Five Megillot, with commentary of Rashi. [Dyhernfurth, 1693]. From edition with Chumash and haftarot (with illustrated divisional title page).

• Be'er Rechovot, commentary on the grammatical comments of Rashi in the Torah and Five Megillot, by R. Yitzchak Eizik Auerbach. Fürth, [1762].

• Or Yekarot, by R. Yosef Binyamin Ze'ev Wolf. [Germany, 1742]. The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records an incomplete copy, concluding on leaf 48. The present copy appears to be complete, concluding with leaf 50.

Dedication on endpaper, dated 1787. Ownership inscriptions on title page.

4 books. Varying size and condition. Old bindings.