Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
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![Mikraot Gedolot, Part IV, Ketuvim. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, [1525-1526]. Volume from Mikraot Gedolot printed by Daniel Bomberg](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale77-public/1.jpg "Mikraot Gedolot – Ketuvim – Venice, 1525-1526 – Volume from Mikraot Ge")
Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
Mikraot Gedolot, Part IV, Ketuvim. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, [1525-1526].
Volume from Mikraot Gedolot printed by Daniel Bomberg in Venice. This edition, edited by Yaakov ben Chaim ibn Adonyahu, is considered to be one of the most important editions of the Bible. It is known for its accuracy and splendor and served as prototype for all following editions.
Non-original title page (damaged) – from Bomberg's second edition of Mikraot Gedolot.
[230] leaves. Lacking 3 leaves: original title page and following leaf, and final blank leaf. 39.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Significant wear and tears. Open tears to several leaves, with significant damage to text, repaired in part with paper. Large open tears to title page, affecting border (a large part of it was replaced in photocopy). Stamps. New binding.
Volume from Mikraot Gedolot printed by Daniel Bomberg in Venice. This edition, edited by Yaakov ben Chaim ibn Adonyahu, is considered to be one of the most important editions of the Bible. It is known for its accuracy and splendor and served as prototype for all following editions.
Non-original title page (damaged) – from Bomberg's second edition of Mikraot Gedolot.
[230] leaves. Lacking 3 leaves: original title page and following leaf, and final blank leaf. 39.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Significant wear and tears. Open tears to several leaves, with significant damage to text, repaired in part with paper. Large open tears to title page, affecting border (a large part of it was replaced in photocopy). Stamps. New binding.
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Tehillim and Bibles
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $6,000
Unsold
Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim translated into Spanish – Biblia en lengua española traduzida palabra por palabra dela verdad Hebrayca por muy excelentes letrados vista y examinada por el officio dela Inquisicion. [Ferrara: Duarte Pinel (Abraham Usque) for Jerónimo de Vargas (Yom Tob ben Levi Atias), 1553].
First printed Spanish translation of the entire Bible. Woodcut historiated initials. Several glosses and inscriptions.
The publishing of this Bible, known as the Ferrara Bible, was initiated by the Portuguese printer Abraham Usque and the Spanish publisher Yom Tob Atias, known by their 'Christian' names Duarte Pinel and Jerónimo de Vargas, names adopted due to the threats of the Inquisition. It was presumably intended for the use of Marranos and Jews who had fled the Spanish Inquisition. The edition was printed on high-quality paper, in an impressive folio format; the body of the text was printed in two columns, in semi-Gothic typeface.
The Spanish translation, reprinted in subsequent centuries, is of particular importance for Spanish speaking Jewry, due to the unique way the verses were translated, and it forming an important basis for subsequent translations.
There are several known variants of this edition. In this copy, the word "alma" (Yeshayahu 7:14; leaf 186 column 2 in this edition) is transliterated. In other variants, it is translated as "moça" – Spanish for "young woman", or "virgen" (virgin) – following the Christian interpretation.
This copy begins in the middle of the first chapter of Shemot, and ends in the middle of chapter 37 of Iyov. It is also missing the Five Megillot, originally appearing after Divrei HaYamim.
Incomplete copy. 26-240, 240-333 leaves. Altogether containing 309 leaves, out of 412 original leaves. Lacking 103 leaves: 33 leaves at the beginning and 70 leaves at the end, including illustrated title page, introduction leaves, table of Haftarot and colophon leaf. 31 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Many stains, extensive wear and creases to some leaves. Many tears and worming in several places, affecting text. Large open tear to one leaf, with loss of text. Detached gatherings. Without binding.
First printed Spanish translation of the entire Bible. Woodcut historiated initials. Several glosses and inscriptions.
The publishing of this Bible, known as the Ferrara Bible, was initiated by the Portuguese printer Abraham Usque and the Spanish publisher Yom Tob Atias, known by their 'Christian' names Duarte Pinel and Jerónimo de Vargas, names adopted due to the threats of the Inquisition. It was presumably intended for the use of Marranos and Jews who had fled the Spanish Inquisition. The edition was printed on high-quality paper, in an impressive folio format; the body of the text was printed in two columns, in semi-Gothic typeface.
The Spanish translation, reprinted in subsequent centuries, is of particular importance for Spanish speaking Jewry, due to the unique way the verses were translated, and it forming an important basis for subsequent translations.
There are several known variants of this edition. In this copy, the word "alma" (Yeshayahu 7:14; leaf 186 column 2 in this edition) is transliterated. In other variants, it is translated as "moça" – Spanish for "young woman", or "virgen" (virgin) – following the Christian interpretation.
This copy begins in the middle of the first chapter of Shemot, and ends in the middle of chapter 37 of Iyov. It is also missing the Five Megillot, originally appearing after Divrei HaYamim.
Incomplete copy. 26-240, 240-333 leaves. Altogether containing 309 leaves, out of 412 original leaves. Lacking 103 leaves: 33 leaves at the beginning and 70 leaves at the end, including illustrated title page, introduction leaves, table of Haftarot and colophon leaf. 31 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Many stains, extensive wear and creases to some leaves. Many tears and worming in several places, affecting text. Large open tear to one leaf, with loss of text. Detached gatherings. Without binding.
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Tehillim and Bibles
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Five books of the Torah, with Neviim Rishonim, Neviim Acharonim and Ketuvim. Amsterdam: Gerardus Borstius and partners, [1701].
Three title pages, the first one engraved, depicting Moshe and Aharon and the Holy of Holies. Second title page in Hebrew, and the third in Latin. Two columns per page.
This Bible edition was used by R. Aryeh Levin for Goral HaGra, following a special tradition transmitted from the Gaon of Vilna.
[6], 292 leaves, 293-306, [4] pages. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears to engraved title page, slightly affecting border, repaired with paper. New leather binding.
Three title pages, the first one engraved, depicting Moshe and Aharon and the Holy of Holies. Second title page in Hebrew, and the third in Latin. Two columns per page.
This Bible edition was used by R. Aryeh Levin for Goral HaGra, following a special tradition transmitted from the Gaon of Vilna.
[6], 292 leaves, 293-306, [4] pages. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears to engraved title page, slightly affecting border, repaired with paper. New leather binding.
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Tehillim and Bibles
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $400
Unsold
Five books of the Torah, with three translations (Onkelos, Yonatan ben Uziel and Yerushalmi), and with Rashi, Rashbam, Siftei Chachamim, Baal HaTurim and Toldot Aharon; with the Five Megillot and Haftarot. Amsterdam: Naftali Hertz Levi (Rofe), [1727]-1729.
Divisional title page for the Five Megillot and Haftarot.
[2], 350; 50; 29 leaves. 25.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains (including dampstains) and wear. First and final leaves detached. Small marginal tears and damage to some leaves. Handwritten ownership inscriptions on title page (deleted). Stamp. Old leather binding, detached and damaged.
Divisional title page for the Five Megillot and Haftarot.
[2], 350; 50; 29 leaves. 25.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains (including dampstains) and wear. First and final leaves detached. Small marginal tears and damage to some leaves. Handwritten ownership inscriptions on title page (deleted). Stamp. Old leather binding, detached and damaged.
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Tehillim and Bibles
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![Tikkun Sofrim HaYesharim. Five books of the Torah, with Haftarot and Five Megillot. Amsterdam, [1767]. Five volumes. Additio](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale77-public/5.jpg "Tikkun Sofrim HaYesharim, Amsterdam 1767 – Five-Volume Set")
Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Tikkun Sofrim HaYesharim. Five books of the Torah, with Haftarot and Five Megillot. Amsterdam, [1767]. Five volumes.
Additional engraved title page in each volume.
Accurate Tikkun Sofrim by R. Izek Premisla, published by his son R. Hirsch. Illustration on first title page, depicting a deer, presumably in reference to the name of the publisher. Approbations by R. Shaul Rabbi of Amsterdam, and his brother-in-law R. Shaul HaLevi Rabbi of The Hague.
5 volumes. Vayikra vol. lacking leaves 13-15 of Shir HaShirim and [2] leaves with Haftarot title page and blessings for Haftarot. Haftarot of Vayikra, Megillat Ruth and Haftarot of Bamidbar bound in Devarim volume. Devarim vol. lacking [2] leaves with Haftarot title page and blessings for Haftarot. Leaves originally belonging to other volumes bound in Devarim vol. after leaf 347: 6 leaves (Kohelet, present also in Bereshit vol.), leaves 7-12 (Megillat Esther, present also in Shemot vol.), leaves 16-18 (Megillat Ruth). Following leaves bound after Megillat Eichah: 25-31, [7], 33-35 leaves (Haftarot Vayikra), [2], 33-40, [2] leaves (Haftarot Bamidbar).
20 cm. Overall good condition. Stains (including many dampstains, primarily to the Book of Vayikra). Some gatherings of the Book of Devarim detached (Megillot Esther, Ruth and Eichah). New matching leather bindings, slipcased.
Additional engraved title page in each volume.
Accurate Tikkun Sofrim by R. Izek Premisla, published by his son R. Hirsch. Illustration on first title page, depicting a deer, presumably in reference to the name of the publisher. Approbations by R. Shaul Rabbi of Amsterdam, and his brother-in-law R. Shaul HaLevi Rabbi of The Hague.
5 volumes. Vayikra vol. lacking leaves 13-15 of Shir HaShirim and [2] leaves with Haftarot title page and blessings for Haftarot. Haftarot of Vayikra, Megillat Ruth and Haftarot of Bamidbar bound in Devarim volume. Devarim vol. lacking [2] leaves with Haftarot title page and blessings for Haftarot. Leaves originally belonging to other volumes bound in Devarim vol. after leaf 347: 6 leaves (Kohelet, present also in Bereshit vol.), leaves 7-12 (Megillat Esther, present also in Shemot vol.), leaves 16-18 (Megillat Ruth). Following leaves bound after Megillat Eichah: 25-31, [7], 33-35 leaves (Haftarot Vayikra), [2], 33-40, [2] leaves (Haftarot Bamidbar).
20 cm. Overall good condition. Stains (including many dampstains, primarily to the Book of Vayikra). Some gatherings of the Book of Devarim detached (Megillot Esther, Ruth and Eichah). New matching leather bindings, slipcased.
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Tehillim and Bibles
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Chazeh Tzion, Tehillim with multifaceted (Pardes) commentary, by Kabbalist R. Immanuel Chai Ricchi, author of Mishnat Chassidim. Livorno, [1742-1743]. First edition.
In the course of the printing of this book, the author was murdered in sanctification of G-d's Name. His name was printed on the title page with the blessing for the living, however, at the end of the book, the author's son tells of his murder. A lamentation for him, by R. Shlomo Yosef son of R. Natan Carpi, was also added to the book.
R. Immanuel Chai Ricchi (1688-1743) was a leading Italian kabbalist, author of Mishnat Chassidim and other compositions. He traversed many countries, reached Eretz Israel and established a yeshiva in Jerusalem (one of the students of this yeshiva was the Or HaChaim). In 1742, he visited Italian communities to collect funds for his yeshiva. At that time, he began printing this book in Livorno. On Rosh Chodesh Adar 1743, on his way from Modena to Bologna, foreign soldiers arrested him and tried to force him to eat pork. Upon his adamant refusal, they strangled him to death with his tefillin straps and looted all the charity funds which he had collected.
At the beginning of the book is a long autobiography of the author. In his epilogue to the book, the author's son, R. Avraham Shmuel Ricchi, provides further details about the author and describes his murder and burial. At the end of his epilogue, R. Avraham Shmuel copies an unnerving notation found in R. Immanuel's personal siddur, written in his own handwriting – a documentation of a dream he had in which he was informed that he is the soul of Rabbi Yehuda ben Bava, one of the ten martyrs, and that he would die in sanctification of G-d's Name.
Interestingly, the author concludes this composition, in the last lines of his commentary, with the topic of the ten martyrs, with specific mention of R. Yehuda ben Bava.
In the center of the title page: the crest of the author's family, featuring a lion holding a stalk of wheat in its mouth and a Hebrew inscription.
138, [2] leaves. 32 cm. Most leaves are in good condition. Stains. Minor wear and signs of usage to first and last leaves. Marginal tears to title page and several other leaves, almost without loss. New binding.
In the course of the printing of this book, the author was murdered in sanctification of G-d's Name. His name was printed on the title page with the blessing for the living, however, at the end of the book, the author's son tells of his murder. A lamentation for him, by R. Shlomo Yosef son of R. Natan Carpi, was also added to the book.
R. Immanuel Chai Ricchi (1688-1743) was a leading Italian kabbalist, author of Mishnat Chassidim and other compositions. He traversed many countries, reached Eretz Israel and established a yeshiva in Jerusalem (one of the students of this yeshiva was the Or HaChaim). In 1742, he visited Italian communities to collect funds for his yeshiva. At that time, he began printing this book in Livorno. On Rosh Chodesh Adar 1743, on his way from Modena to Bologna, foreign soldiers arrested him and tried to force him to eat pork. Upon his adamant refusal, they strangled him to death with his tefillin straps and looted all the charity funds which he had collected.
At the beginning of the book is a long autobiography of the author. In his epilogue to the book, the author's son, R. Avraham Shmuel Ricchi, provides further details about the author and describes his murder and burial. At the end of his epilogue, R. Avraham Shmuel copies an unnerving notation found in R. Immanuel's personal siddur, written in his own handwriting – a documentation of a dream he had in which he was informed that he is the soul of Rabbi Yehuda ben Bava, one of the ten martyrs, and that he would die in sanctification of G-d's Name.
Interestingly, the author concludes this composition, in the last lines of his commentary, with the topic of the ten martyrs, with specific mention of R. Yehuda ben Bava.
In the center of the title page: the crest of the author's family, featuring a lion holding a stalk of wheat in its mouth and a Hebrew inscription.
138, [2] leaves. 32 cm. Most leaves are in good condition. Stains. Minor wear and signs of usage to first and last leaves. Marginal tears to title page and several other leaves, almost without loss. New binding.
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Tehillim and Bibles
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![Tehillim, with the Be'urei Zohar and Metzudat Zion commentaries. Safed: R. Yisrael Bak, [1833]. One of the first books print](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale77-public/7.jpg "Tehillim – Safed, 1833 – First Tehillim Printed in Eretz Israel")
Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $3,000
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Tehillim, with the Be'urei Zohar and Metzudat Zion commentaries. Safed: R. Yisrael Bak, [1833].
One of the first books printed by R. Yisrael Bak in Safed, about one year after he established his printing press in the city. First Tehillim printed in Eretz Israel.
Introduction by the printer R. Yisrael Bak on verso of title page: "And all who purchase and spend their gold and silver on books printed here in the Holy Land, especially books of Tehillim with the Zohar to carry in his bosom and in his bag, G-d should save him from all distress, harm and fright…". This is followed by another long introduction by R. Gershon Margaliot. He tells how he begged Yisrael Bak not to print the Kabbalistic commentary Be'urei Zohar alone, rather alongside verses of Tehillim and in the end his advice was heeded.
Kavanat HaMeshorer (the intent of the poet) is printed at the beginning of each Psalm. The volume also contains prayers recited before and after reading Tehillim on weekdays, Shabbat, Yom Tov and Leil Hoshana Raba and a prayer for the sick and Seder Pidyon HaNefesh.
[4], 151 leaves. Lacking final leaf. 14.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears. Extensive worming, affecting text, repaired with paper (the book has been professionally restored). Handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding.
One of the first books printed by R. Yisrael Bak in Safed, about one year after he established his printing press in the city. First Tehillim printed in Eretz Israel.
Introduction by the printer R. Yisrael Bak on verso of title page: "And all who purchase and spend their gold and silver on books printed here in the Holy Land, especially books of Tehillim with the Zohar to carry in his bosom and in his bag, G-d should save him from all distress, harm and fright…". This is followed by another long introduction by R. Gershon Margaliot. He tells how he begged Yisrael Bak not to print the Kabbalistic commentary Be'urei Zohar alone, rather alongside verses of Tehillim and in the end his advice was heeded.
Kavanat HaMeshorer (the intent of the poet) is printed at the beginning of each Psalm. The volume also contains prayers recited before and after reading Tehillim on weekdays, Shabbat, Yom Tov and Leil Hoshana Raba and a prayer for the sick and Seder Pidyon HaNefesh.
[4], 151 leaves. Lacking final leaf. 14.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears. Extensive worming, affecting text, repaired with paper (the book has been professionally restored). Handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding.
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Tehillim and Bibles
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