Collection of six books printed in Amsterdam, 1600s-1700s:

• Nachalat Shivah, on gittin and documents, by R. Shmuel HaLevi. Amsterdam, [1667-1668]. First edition. Sabbatean allusion in chronogram. On endpapers, Hebrew and Yiddish letters reused as binding.

• Pirkei Rabbi Eliezer. [Amsterdam, 1708]. Various ownership inscriptions.

• Zevach HaShelamim, by R. Moshe Galante. Amsterdam, [1708]. Ownership inscription.

• Sefer Keritut, by R. Shimshon of Chinon, with Techilat Chochmah by R. Yaakov Chagiz. Amsterdam, [1709].

• Responsa Pnei Yehoshua, by R. Yehoshua son of Yosef Rabbi of Cracow, Part I. Amsterdam, [1715]. Inscriptions stating the book belongs to "the leader, chief and official… R. Baruch Bendet Kleve" [apparently R. Baruch Bendit Nijmegen son of R. Yehudah Leib Kleve], signed by "David son of… R. Yitzchak, Rabbi and yeshiva dean of Yanov…" [R. Yitzchak, Rabbi of Janów, authored Pnei Yitzchak Zuta].

• Tractate Taanit, with commentaries of Rashi, Tosafot, Rosh, Maharsha and more. Amsterdam, [1723]. Small-format volume, printed for students or travelers, not as part of a complete Talmud edition.

6 books. Varying size and condition. Non-uniform bindings.

Perach Mateh Aharon, Parts I-II, responsa by R. Aharon Perachiah HaKohen. Amsterdam: Avraham Mendes Coutinho, [1703]. First edition. Both parts in one volume (with divisional title pages).

Title pages illustrated with figures of high priests, cherubs and angels.

[3], 249; [3], 168 leaves. 31.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Marginal tears to several leaves, affecting text on non-Hebrew leaf at beginning of Part II. Inscriptions. New binding.

Pri Chadash, halachic novellae on the Shulchan Aruch, laws of Rosh Chodesh, Pesach, Yom Tov, Megillah and Gittin, and comments on some halachot in Sefer HaMada by the Rambam, by R. Chizkiah da Silva. Amsterdam: Netanel Foa, [1706]. First edition.

The sharp attacks in this book against the Beit Yosef and other leading authorities aroused a controversy which led to a ban on reading the book. By the next generation, the controversy had died down and the Pri Chadash was once again widely studied and respected.

Censorship inscription on last page.

[4], 74; 19, [1], 9 leaves. The leaf following the title page in the present copy (Portuguese dedication to Yaakov Ferrera) is not found in all copies. 31.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Small open tear, affecting text of one leaf, as a result of ink erosion. Old binding.

CB, no. 5940, 37; Zedner, p. 336; Roest, p. 571.

Three books printed in Germany in the 1700s:

• Misgeret HaShulchan, on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, by R. Binyamin Ze'ev Wolf, dayan of Pińczów. Berlin, [1713]. First edition. Signatures deleted with ink on title page.

• Lechem HaPanim, commentary on Yoreh Deah by R. Moshe Yekutiel Kaufman [son-in-law of the Magen Avraham]. Hanau, [1716]. First edition.

Ownership inscriptions and other inscriptions, including one dated 5th Cheshvan 1866, Constantine.

• Darchei Moshe, on Tur Yoreh Deah, by R. Moshe Isserles – the Rama. Fürth, [1760].

3 books. Varying size and condition. Non-uniform bindings.

Tofteh Aruch, ethical literary work about Gehinnom, by R. Moshe Zacuto. Venice: Bragadin, [1715]. First edition.

With commentaries by R. Aviad Sar Shalom Basilea.

Signature on title page: "Ezra Chazak" – apparently the signature of R. Ezra Chazak of Reggio, rabbinically ordained by R. Netanel Trabot of Modena in 1651.

22 leaves. 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. New binding.

CB, no. 6552, 11; Zedner, p. 552; Roest, p. 672.