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Commentary on the Masorah, by R. Yaakov son of Yitzchak of Sandomierz. Amsterdam: Yehudah son of Mordechai and Shmuel son of Moshe HaLevi, [Chanukkah 1649].
This book was first printed in Lublin, 1616, and later with additions by the author's son in Lublin, 1644. Most copies of the Lublin edition were destroyed in the Chmielnicki massacres of 1648-1649. The present item is the third edition, with additions printed by the author in Amsterdam.
The mnemonics for the date of publication in the title page, introduction of the author's son and colophon allude to the Messianic hopes of those days.
12 leaves. Approx. 18 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears (pieces of paper mounted across the outer margins of the title page and other leaves). New binding.
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Tratado de los articulos de la ley divina. Amsterdam: Gillis Joosten, 1652. Spanish (some Hebrew).
"Hilchot Yesod HaTorah by the Rambam, first part of Mishneh Torah, containing explanations on the Ten Commandments. Rare edition translated by R. David Cohen de Lara (1602-1674), rabbi of the Sephardic community "Neve Shalom" in Hamburg, printed in the lifetime of Sabbatai Zevi.
Many members of the Sephardic community in Hamburg were attracted to Sabbatean ideas; Rabbi Cohen de Lara emerged as one of the most formidable opponents of the Sabbatean movement.
The current copy contains numerous handwritten inscriptions. On the final page, appears an inscription which reads, "Finis coronat opus, il grande selo que he tenido, " likely meant to convey that the owner of the book diligently read it from cover to cover (this inscription appears twice, in two different handwritings).
[4] leaves, 40, 43-46 pages. 19 cm. Fair condition. One missing leaf. Open tears to corners of several leaves, affecting the printing. Many handwritten inscriptions (contemporary), mainly to margins and endpapers. Stains and blemishes. Vellum bonding, blemished and worn.
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![Espejo de la vanidad del mundo ["Mirror of the Vanity of the World"], by Abraham Pereyra. Amsterdam: Alexandro Ians](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/73.jpg "Mirror of the Vanity of the World – Amsterdam, 1671 – Spanish Work by")
Espejo de la vanidad del mundo ["Mirror of the Vanity of the World"], by Abraham Pereyra. Amsterdam: Alexandro Ianse, 1671. First edition. Spanish, with some words in Hebrew.
An ethical work comprised of five parts, discussing the nature of the soul, the duty to perform the mitzvot, fear and love of God, punishment in Gehinnom and reward in Gan Eden.
The book bears the approbations of three rabbis of Amsterdam, R. Yitzchak Aboab de Fonseca, R. Moshe Refael de Aguilar and R. Yoshiyahu Pardo; as well as praise for the author by R. Yitzchak Orobio de Castro and a poem in praise of the author by Daniel HaLevi de Barrios.
The author, Abraham Pereyra (d. 1699), a descendant of Marranos and a rich and influential merchant, lived in Amsterdam where he was a leader of the Jewish community. The present work was written to bolster Jewish faith, while making heavy use of Spanish Catholic political thought.
[16] leaves, 568 pages, [4] leaves. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Small tears to title page (the leaf is mounted on paper for reinforcement). Large open tear affecting text to one leaf (repaired with paper), and a large open tear to last leaf, not affecting text. Close trimming, slightly affecting headers of leaves. New leather binding.
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Volume in original parchment binding, with five books by R. Shlomo de Oliveira, Amsterdam. Containing:
1. Darchei Noam – Talmudic principles, with Tuv Taam on cantillation notes and Darchei Hashem, an index to the 613 commandments. Amsterdam, [1688-1689].
2. Sharshot Gavlut – a rhyming dictionary. Amsterdam, [1665].
3. Igeret Ayelet Ahavim – a didactic poem. Amsterdam, [1665].
4. Etz Chaim – Hebrew-Aramaic-Portuguese lexicon. Amsterdam, [1682-1683].
5. Yad Lashon – Livro Da Gramatica Hebrayca & Chaldayca; Dal Sefatayim – Gramatica Breve da Lingua; two works on Hebrew and Aramaic grammar. Amsterdam, [1689].
All the books in the present volume were printed by David de Castro Tartas, all of them first editions, some were never reprinted. Sharshot Gavlut contains tables and graphic poems in various forms. At the end of Igeret Ayelet Ahavim appears a poem in the form of a star.
Five books in one volume: Darchei Noam: 45, [3], 28, [4] leaves. Sharshot Gavlut: 70, [2] leaves. Igeret Ayelet Ahavim: 20, 31-42, [2] leaves. Etz Chaim: [6], 72 leaves; 44, [5], 53 pages. Yad Lashon – Dal Sefatayim: [8], 71, [11] pages. 15 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tear, slightly affecting text to one leaf, without loss, and another small open tear to another leaf, slightly affecting text. Inscription on front endpaper. Original parchment binding. Stains, wear and damage to binding. Illustrated ex libris label of Jakob Klatzkin.
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Principio de sciencia: ou, gramathica hebrayca por hum methodo breue, claro, facil, e distincto, by R. Shlomo Yehudah Leon Templo. Amsterdam: Ymanuël Athias, 1703. Portuguese.
Work for study of Hebrew grammar by R. Shlomo Yehudah Leon Templo (d. 1733), an Amsterdam Torah scholar in the early 18th century. Son of R. Yaakov Yehudah Leon Templo (1603-after 1675), known for his pioneering scientific work on the structure of the Tabernacle and Temple (which earned his family the name Templo). R. Shlomo Yehudah was a disciple of R. Yitzchak Aboab de Fonseca, and worked as a proofreader at the famous press of Immanuel Athias.
63, [1] pages. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Parchment wrapper, slightly worn and partially detached.
Rare. To the best of our knowledge and research, this item has not been auctioned off in recent decades (the last documented auction took place in 1926).
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![Chesed LeAvraham, by the kabbalist R. Avraham Azulai. Slavuta, [1794]. One of the first books printed by R. Moshe Shapiro, Ra](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/93.jpg "Chesed LeAvraham – Slavuta, 1794 – One of the First Books Printed by R")
Chesed LeAvraham, by the kabbalist R. Avraham Azulai. Slavuta, [1794]. One of the first books printed by R. Moshe Shapiro, Rabbi of Slavuta (son of R. Pinchas of Korets).
This kabbalistic book was held in high esteem by great Chassidic leaders and is often cited in early Chassidic literature.
The author, R. Avraham Azulai (1570-1644) was born in Fez, Morocco. He immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Hebron. When an epidemic broke out in 1619, he fled to Gaza, where he composed this book within five weeks. Most of the book is a collection and arrangement of the teachings of R. Moshe Cordovero, which at that time were still in manuscript form. A small part is from the writings of the Arizal.
Signature on p. 65a.
Stamps and censorship inscriptions on title page and following leaf.
[6], 87; 8, 8-11, 11-34, [1] leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Tears, including open tears affecting text, partially repaired with paper (title page and first and last leaves extensively repaired with paper). Old binding.
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![Tikun Leil Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba. Slavuta: R. Moshe Shapiro, [1823].
3-123; 1, 60, 65-76, [1] leaves. Missing three le](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/94_1.jpg "Tikun Leil Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba – Slavuta, 1823 – Printed by Rabb")
![Tikun Leil Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba. Slavuta: R. Moshe Shapiro, [1823].
3-123; 1, 60, 65-76, [1] leaves. Missing three le](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/94_2.jpg "Tikun Leil Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba – Slavuta, 1823 – Printed by Rabb")
![Tikun Leil Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba. Slavuta: R. Moshe Shapiro, [1823].
3-123; 1, 60, 65-76, [1] leaves. Missing three le](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale95/94_3.jpg "Tikun Leil Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba – Slavuta, 1823 – Printed by Rabb")
Tikun Leil Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba. Slavuta: R. Moshe Shapiro, [1823].
3-123; 1, 60, 65-76, [1] leaves. Missing three leaves: title page (supplied from photocopy) and leaves 77-78 from the second sequence (leaf 2 from the first sequence, with a prayer to recite before study, is bound at the end of the book). 19 cm. Bluish paper. Most leaves in good-fair condition. Many stains. Marginal tears to last leaf and several other leaves, repaired with paper (over part of the text on last leaf). Close trimming, affecting text on several leaves. New binding.
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Responsa Mayim Chaim, two parts, by R. Chaim HaKohen Rappaport, Av Beit Din of Ostroh. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapiro, grandsons of the Rabbi of Slavita, 1857. First edition.
In Part I, section 27, there is a letter from Mezhibuzh signed by several prominent members of the community, including: "Yisrael B[aal] Sh[em] of Tłuste [Tovste]" – the Baal Shem Tov.
Both parts of the book are bound together. Kuntres Otzrot Chaim is printed at the end of Part II, with novellae on Aggadot and pilpulim on the Torah portions by the author and his son the publisher. The responsa also include some from the author's grandfather and uncles. At the beginning of the book is printed a letter by the Ohev Yisrael of Apta agreeing with the author's ruling as a sort of approbation for the author.
84; 151 pages. Two title pages for each part, and an additional title page for Kuntres Otzrot Chaim bound at the end of the book (five title pages in total). Leaf 3 of Part I is printed after leaf 4. 32.5 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Light worming, marginal open tears to one leaf, not affecting text. Stamps. New binding.
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Knesset HaGedolah, by R. Chaim Benveniste, collection of editions.
Four volumes from the first edition:
• Knesset HaGedolah, Orach Chaim. Livorno, 1657. Stamp.
6, 164 leaves. 30.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming. A few marginal tears, slightly affecting text. Old binding, damaged.
• Knesset HaGedolah, Yoreh Deah (sections 69-138, 160-177). Constantinople, [1711].
[2], 206 leaves. 40.5 cm. Wide margins. Overall good condition. Stains, including dampstains and ink stains. Marginal tears and open tears, not affecting text, partially repaired with tape. Deleted stamp. Leather-coated wooden binding, damaged.
• Knesset HaGedolah, Yoreh Deah (sections 1-68). Constantinople, [1716]. Stamps and handwritten inscription.
[1], 4-246 leaves. 28.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Small marginal open tear to title page, not affecting text. New binding.
• Knesset HaGedolah, Choshen Mishpat (Mahadura Batra). Izmir, [1734].
Two glosses in Sephardic script.
[2], 394 leaves. 28.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, slightly affecting text. A few tears and open tears, slightly affecting text, partially repaired with tape. Close trimming in some places, affecting headings. Deleted stamp. New binding, with worming.
Additional editions:
• Knesset HaGedolah, Choshen Mishpat. Fürth, [1692]. Stamps and ex libris label.
196 leaves. 30.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming to last leaves, slightly affecting text. Several marginal tears, affecting text to last leaf, partially repaired with tape. Old binding, partially damaged and torn.
• Sheyarei Knesset HaGedolah, Orach Chaim. Constantinople, [1729]. Stamps.
[2], 143; 7 leaves. 30 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Worming. Several small marginal tears. Inscriptions. Old binding, front side damaged and disconnected.
• Sheyarei Knesset HaGedolah, Yoreh Deah. Thessaloniki, [1757].
[1], 144 leaves. 29.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and mold stains. Worming, affecting text. Inscriptions and stamps. New binding.
Provenance: Estate of Prof. Ephraim Elimelech Urbach.
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Responsa Noda BiYehudah, Mahadura Kama, Parts I and II, by R. Yechezkel HaLevi Segal Landau, Rabbi of Prague. Prague: Moses Katz, under the management of his grandson Israel Jiteles, by R. Zerach Eidelitz, [1776-1777]. First edition, printed in the author's lifetime. Two parts in one volume, with divisional title page for Part II.
The book was printed in stages, beginning in Adar 1776 and ending in Tevet 1777.
Many ownership inscriptions to title pages of Part I and of Part II.
[2], 86, [9] leaves; [1], 157 leaves. Approx. 34 cm. Varying condition of leaves; most leaves in good-fair condition, first and last leaves in fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears, including small open tears to several leaves. Light worming. Inner margins of first leaves and last leaf repaired with paper. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding.
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Seven books on the Torah and various other matters from Amsterdam presses, 1659-1840.
7 books. Varying size and condition. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
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Responsa Chatam Sofer, first editions:
• Responsa Chatam Sofer, Yoreh Deah, by R. Moshe Sofer. Pressburg, 1841. First edition.
• Responsa Chatam Sofer, Orach Chaim, Pressburg, 1855. First edition. Variant of first edition. Different copies of this edition are printed with an identical year, but with different pagination and letters on title page.
On title page, signature of R. "Paltiel Shimon HaLevi Landau" (grandson of the Tiferet Shlomo of Radomsk).
• Responsa Chatam Sofer, Even HaEzer, Parts I and II. Pressburg, 1858-1859. First edition. Two volumes.
• Responsa Chatam Sofer, Choshen Mishpat. Vienna, [1862]. First edition.
• Responsa Chatam Sofer, Part VI. Vienna, 1864. First edition.
6 volumes. Varying size. Overall good condition. Inscriptions and stamps. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
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