Auction 101 Part 2 Chassidut and Kabbalah | Jerusalem Printings | Letters and Manuscripts | Objects

Collection of Books – Printed in Constantinople – 1710-1756

Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Six books printed in Constantinople in the 1700s. First editions and only editions, some with signatures and ownership inscriptions:

• Magid MeReshit, responsa by R. Chaim Alfandari and his son R. Yitzchak Refael Alfandari, with Derech HaKodesh, commentary on Tractate Kelim by R. Chaim son of R. Refael Yitzchak Alfandari. Constantinople, [1710]. Only edition.
The first book printed by R. Yonah son of Yaakov Ashkenazi in Constantinople.
• Yair Nativ, order of giving of the get, by R. Avraham HaLevi. Constantinople, 1718. First edition.
• Mateh Yosef, Parts I-II, responsa by R. Yosef Nazir HaLevi. Constantinople, [1717-1726]. First edition. Inscription on title page of Part I. Ownership inscription on title page of Part II: "Purchased by me, Nisim Yehudah ibn Yakar" [R. Nisim Yehudah ibn Yakar, a rabbi of Constantinople, disciple of R. Binyamin Cases, author of a preface to his teacher's Megillat Sefer and responsa]. Additional ownership inscriptions on title page, truncated. Two trimmed glosses to leaves of book.
• Dina DeChayei, Parts I-II, commentary on Sefer Mitzvot Gadol (Smag) by R. Chaim Benveniste, author of Knesset HaGedolah. Constantinople, [1742]. Only edition. Lacking first two leaves of Part I (title page supplied in photocopy and by hand).
• Responsa Nechpah BaKesef, Part I, by R. Yonah Navon – teacher of the Chida. Constantinople, [1748]. First edition. Ownership inscriptions and signatures (calligraphic).
• Tikun Sofrim UMikra Sofrim, commentary on Itur by R. Yitzchak ben Abba Mari, by R. Yaakov Avraham Geron, Rabbi of Adrianople. Constantinople, [1756]. Only edition. Stamps of the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary.

6 books. Size and condition varies. Good to good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains, tears and open tears. Worming. Old bindings.