Auction 98 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts, Jewish Ceremonial Art
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Beurim, supercommentary on Rashi's commentary on the Torah by R. Yisrael Isserlein, author of Terumat HaDeshen. Venice: Marco Antonio Giustiniani, 1544. Second edition.
On p. 19a, gloss (trimmed) in Ashkenazic script.
24 leaves. 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Margins of last leaf reinforced with paper. Close trimming, affecting headers of one leaf. New leather binding.
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Targum Jonathan of Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes, Cantica Canticorum & Ecclesiastes Salomonis, with Latin translation; with Ma'amar HaKina ["Lament Essay"] – a lament in Hebrew, by Erasmus Oswald Schreckenfuchs, on the death of his teacher, the scholar Sebastian Münster. Basel: Henricus Petrus, 1553.
The Aramaic text of Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes in Targum Jonathan, with facing Latin translation, page by page.
The second part of the book (with a separate title page, printed right to left) is Ma'amar HaKina, including a lament on the death of the Christian scholar Sebastian Münster in 1552, written by his student Erasmus Oswald Schreckenfuchs (1511-1575), a mathematician, astronomer and Hebraist.
On the flyleaf before the title page of Ma'amar HaKina, is a handwritten dedication by R. Jacob Koppel Dushinsky, on one of the endpapers appears the stamp of R. Dushinsky.
R. Dr. Jacob Koppel Dushinsky (1878-1954), son of Rabbi Dov Ber Dushinsky, rabbi of Námestovo (son-in-law of Rabbi Yechezkel Reich, rabbi of Bánovce nad Bebravou (Banowitz), son of R. Jacob Koppel Charif, rabbi of Vrbové, author of "Chiddushei Yaavetz"). He studied at the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin, served as rabbi of Keszthely in western Hungary, and later moved to London. He published several articles and historical and Torah studies in "HaTzofeh LeBeit Yisrael" and other platforms.
[16], 285, [3] pages, [2] blank leaves; [52] pages. Approx. 15 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor wear. Open tears to four leaves (large tear to one of the leaves), affecting text, repaired with paper. Original parchment binding, with minor blemishes.
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Shaar HaGemul, on faith in the world-to-come, and in the resurrection of the dead and in reward and punishment, by the Ramban, Ferrara: Avraham ibn Oshaki, 1556.
The renowned letter which the Ramban sent to his son from Jerusalem is printed on the final leaf. Colophon in the verso of final leaf (date of printing appearing on the title page is the month of Tamuz 1556, however the date of completion printed on the colophon is Tishrei 1557).
Oshaki's printer's devise appears in the center of the title page and on the colophon: a framed illustration of an astrolabe with verses from the Bible.
26 leaves. 21.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Open tears to title pages and to several more leaves, affecting the frame of the title page, repaired with paper (the frame was completed by hand). Extensive worming to title page and to most of the leaves, primarily to the inner margins of the book, affecting the frame of the title page and the text, most repaired with paper. Early parchment binding (rebound with new endpapers).
Provenance: Genazim, Auction 8, December 2020, Lot 127.
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Sefer Keritot, Talmudic methodology, by R. Shimshon of Chinon. Cremona: Vincenzo Conti, 1557.
Second edition with corrections. The publisher writes on the title page that the previous edition (Constantinople, 1516) was flawed, and the current edition is corrected and emended.
Ownership inscriptions on title page, including one (deleted) in early Ashkenazic script. On p. 58a, ownership inscription in early Ashkenazic script.
Censorship inscriptions on last leaf (date of one trimmed).
73 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. New, elaborate leather binding.
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Tehillim, with commentary by R. Ovadiah Sforno. Venice: Zuan (Giovanni) di Gara, 1586. First edition.
On verso of title page, poem in praise of the author by R. Shmuel Archivolti.
92 leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, including dark dampstains and wax stains. Wear. Tears and open tears, affecting text in several places, partially repaired with paper (sometimes over text). Large open tear on leaf 45 (most of leaf missing). Light worming. New binding.
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Mifalot Elohim, philosophical discourses on the creation of the world and faith, by R. Yitzchak Abarbanel. Venice: Zuan (Giovanni) di Gara, [1592]. First edition.
The book was printed based on a manuscript belonging to R. Menachem Azariah (the Rama) of Fano, as the title page states.
At top of title page, ownership inscription in Ashkenazic script dating to the time of the book's printing (middle damaged).
96 leaves. 19.5 cm. Gilt edges. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears and open tears to title page and several other leaves, slightly affecting text of one leaf. New binding.
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Divrei Shlomo, homilies on the Torah portions and festivals, Part I, by R. Shlomo HaLevi of Thessaloniki. Venice: Matteo Zanetti and Comino Presegno, [1596]. Only edition.
No second part was printed.
The author, R. Shlomo HaLevi (1532-1600), disciple of Mahari Ben Lev, served as rabbi in Thessaloniki. This book is a compilation of the sermons he delivered in his community on various occasions. As the author explains in his preface, he published the homilies Vayikra first, since the Sages state that one beginning to study Torah would start with the Book of Vayikra.
Signature on title page: "I, Asriel Chai" (of Mantua; see: Simonson, History of the Jews in the Duchy of Mantua, I, p. 46, footnote 201; p. 260, footnote 137 [Hebrew]). Signature at top of p. 2a: "Chaim Gallico".
In several places, handwritten hand marks (manicules) pointing to paragraphs or lines of the text.
Censors' signatures on title page and p. 13b of last sequence.
217, 214-314; 14 leaves. 29.5 cm. Fair condition; first leaves and several other leaves in fair-poor condition. Stains, including large dampstains and traces of former dampness. Worming in many places, affecting text. Marginal tears to several leaves, partially repaired with paper. Original parchment binding, damaged, with much worming.
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Two books printed in Venice in 1601-1602, bound together:
• Sefer Charedim, on the 613 mitzvot and on topics pertaining to mitzvot and repentance, by the kabbalist R. Elazar Azikri of Safed. Venice: Daniel Zanetti, 1601. First edition.
The author of Sefer Charedim, R. Elazar Azikri, was a leading rabbi and preacher in Safed in the period of the Beit Yosef and the Arizal, and author of the famous piyyut Yedid Nefesh. Studied Torah under R. Yosef Sagis and was ordained by Rabbi Yaakov Beirav. His Sefer Charedim has been published in dozens of editions [some omitting passages extant in the present first edition], and it is one of the basic ethical books, much treasured by Tzaddikim and Chassidic masters.
Ownership inscription with signature by "Yitzchak Abulafia") we were unable to identify his place in the Abulafia family). Additional inscriptions on title page of the "Beit Midrash of the Magen" [apparently Beit Yaakov run by R. Moshe Galante (the Magen)]; dedicatory inscription mentioning "Shemaiah Angel" (Shemaiah Angel, banker and important member of the Damascus community).
Ownership inscription in center of title page: "Purchased by me for the service of my Maker, Gershom Carmona[?]". Many marginal glosses in Sephardic script, some lengthy (most apparently in the same handwriting as the above signature).
Bound with:
• Likutei Shoshanim, selected comments on the Book of Yehoshua and Neviim Acharonim. Venice: Daniel Zanetti, [1602]. First edition.
Published by R. David ibn Hin of Thessaloniki. Includes commentary on Yehoshua by R. Yaakov Beirav; on Yeshayahu, Yirmiyahu, Yechezkel and Hoshea, evidently by R. Meir Arama; on Yonah, Chavakuk and Zechariah by R. Ovadiah Sforno; and on Malachi by the proofreader of the book, R. Yitzchak Gershon (who also added to the commentary on Yeshayah). Also includes commentary on Trei Asar (Hoshea, Ovadiah, Yonah and Michah) by R. Shmuel Almosnino.
Ownership inscriptions and signatures on title page and leaf 2.
Two books in one volume. Sefer Charedim: 76 leaves. Missing last 6 leaves (77-81, [1]). Likutei Shoshanim: 20 leaves. 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, including dark stains and damp stains (particularly to second book). Wear. Tears and worming to margins of several leaves, partially repaired with paper. Loose and detached leaves and gatherings. Early leather binding, damaged and detached, without spine.
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Two books printed in 1602, bound together:
• Avodat HaKodesh by the Rashba, with Baalei HaNefesh by the Raavad and Klal Yein Nesech by the Raah. Venice: Daniel Zanetti, [1602]. First edition.
Owners' signatures on title page. Censor's signature on margins of title page.
Bound with:
• HaMekach VehaMimkar, by R. Hai Gaon. Venice: Zuan (Giovanni) di Gara, 1602. First edition.
Censors' signatures on pp. 3a, 97b.
Two books in one volume. Avodat HaKodesh: 75, [1] leaves. HaMekach VehaMimkar:
97, [1] leaves. 19 cm. Varying condition; first book in fair condition, second book in fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears. Worming, affecting text, repaired with tape. Close trimming of second book, slightly affecting bottom of title frame. Stamps. Old binding with leather spine and corners. Wear and damage to binding and spine.
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Urim VeTumim, commentary on Yeshayahu and Yirmiyahu by R. Meir Aramah (son of the Akedat Yitzchak). Venice: Daniel Zanetti, [1603]. First edition.
Ownership inscription on title page of "Yaakov Buzaglo" (in Hebrew); additional signature in Latin characters: "Jakob Buzaglo".
On p. 2a, autobiographical account by publisher, R. Menachem Yaakov son of R. Eliezer Yehudah of Safed.
75 leaves. Missing last leaf (with end of index). 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including light dampstains. Tears affecting text of several leaves, without loss. Small open tear to one leaf, slightly affecting text. Close trimming, affecting headers of leaves in several places. New binding.
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"Mitzvat Nashim Melumadah", Precetti da esser imparati dalle donne Hebree, "Laws of Niddah, Challah, Candle Lighting and Derech Eretz". Venice: Appresso Giacomo Sarzina press, 1616. First edition.
Original, ornate leather binding, decorated with numerous rich gilt ornamentations.
On both sides of the binding appear decorations of a lion holding three sheaves. This illustration is similar to the emblem of the Altaras family, appearing in the book Araldica Ebraica in Italia, which shows a lion holding one sheaf. See: Elvio Giuditta, Araldica Ebraica in Italia, [Torino], [Società Italiana di Studi Araldici], 2007, part I, p.19.
Gilt impresion in the center of the back cover: "G. A".
On the verso of the last page, censor's signature of Renato da Modena, from 1626.
101, [10] pages. Missing [5] first pages. Approx. 19 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, including dampstains and large dark stains. Tears, including small open tears, affecting text in several places. Original decorated leather binding, with worming, wear and defects. Front binding board and spine detached.
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Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat, with the Me'irat Einayim commentary (Sma). Prague: Moshe son of Yosef Betzalel Katz, 1628. Second edition of the Sma.
Numerous glosses in Ashkenazic script in the margins, from close to the time of printing (ca. 17th century). The writer frequently cites "Mahari"s" [= R. Joel Sirkis, author of the Bach], sometimes adding to his words.
In folios 68-69, appear inscriptions in later handwriting (ca. 18th/19th century) beneath three of the glosses: "From the holy Maggid R. David of Stepan", "From the Maggid of Stepan", "From the Maggid of St[epan]". The significance of these inscriptions is unclear. The holy Maggid R. David of Stepan ("Der Stepiner Maggid"; d. 1811) was a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid of Mezeritch.
Ownership inscriptions: on leaf 4b: "Yehuda Leib Frenkel"[?], at the top of leaf 194a: "Yehuda Leib son of Yekutiel". On the last page: "So says Avraham son of R. Madil Segal" [possibly R. Avraham son of R. Madil Segal of Oettingen, author of "Ma'arechet Avraham" (Fürth, 1769), see: Assaf, Sources for the History of Jewish Education in Israel, new edition edited by Shmuel Glick, vol. I, Jerusalem and New York, 2001, p. 404).
3-320; 20 leaves. Lacking title page and following leaf. 32 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Tears and open tears to several leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper. Many glosses slightly trimmed. Stamps. New binding.
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