Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Collection of Books Printed in Amsterdam – 1665-1718
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Assorted collection of nine books in five volumes, printed in Amsterdam in the 1600s and 1700s.
• Five books by R. Shlomo de Oliveyra, bound together: Darchei Noam – Talmudic methodology, with Tuv Taam – on cantillation, and Darchei Hashem – index of 613 commandments. Amsterdam, [1688-1689]; Sharshot Gavlut – rhyming roots. Amsterdam, [1665]; Ayelet Ahavim – ethical literary and poetical work. Amsterdam, [1665]; Etz Chaim – Hebrew-Aramaic-Portuguese lexicon. Amsterdam, [1682-1683]; Yad Lashon – Livro Da Gramatica Hebrayca & Chaldayca; Dal Sefatayim – Gramatica Breve da Lingua, two works on Hebrew and Aramaic grammar. Amsterdam, 1689. Original parchment binding.
• Sefer Keritut, by R. Shimshon of Chinon, with Techilat Chochmah by R. Yaakov Chagiz. Amsterdam, [1709]. Original parchment binding.
• Chizuk Emunah, by Yitzchak son of Avraham of Troki, in Yiddish translation. Amsterdam, [1717].
• Sefer Yuchasin, by R. Avraham Zacuto. Amsterdam, [1717]. Small format.
Ownership inscription on title page: "David son of R. Michel Breslau" (a mohel in Frankfurt am Main; see: Bialer, Min HaGenazim, II, p. 27). Signature on title page. Deleted inscriptions on endpaper. Handwritten gloss on p. 39b. Bookplate of Meir son of Shalom Yehudah HaLevi Goldschmidt (and his stamp on title page).
• Yemin Moshe, laws of shechitah, by R. Moshe Ventura. Amsterdam, [1718]. Printed with: Zikaron Livnei Yisrael and Shochatei HaYeladim. Illustrated divisional title pages for each book. Many paper repairs to first leaves.
9 books in 5 volumes. Varying size and condition. Most in old bindings (some in original parchment bindings).
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
Early Printed Books – 17th-18th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 17th-18th Centuries