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Collection of Ethical and Philosophical Books – Printed in Amsterdam – 1644-1756 – Original Bindings

Opening: $400
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Six ethical, homiletical and philosophical books printed in Amsterdam in the 1600s and 1700s, mainly in original bindings:

• Mashmia Yeshuah, commentary on Talmudic and Midrashic passages about the redemption, by Don Yitzchak Abarbanel. Amsterdam: Immanuel Benveniste, [1644]. Includes location of printing and printer's name (lacking from most copies).
• Yesh Nochalim, by R. Avraham Horowitz, father of the Shlah, with ethical will of R. Shabtai Sheftel HaLevi Horowitz, son of the Shlah. Amsterdam, [1701]. Without last [1] page with errata (also lacking in other copies).
Signature on title page.
• Letters and Responsa of the Rambam. Amsterdam, [1712]. Unique printed dedication on verso of title page. Original leather binding.
Inscription inside front board.
• Shulchan Arba, laws of the table and eating, by R. Bachya son of Asher ibn Chalawa. Amsterdam, [1718]. Original parchment binding. Bookplate of "Justus Tal" [R. Tuviah Tal, Rabbi of Arnhem and the Hague, d. 1898].
• Kav HaYashar, by R. Tzvi Hirsch of Koidanov. Amsterdam, [1722].
• Chen Tov, by R. Gedaliah Teikus, with Brit Melach by R. Yom Tov Lipman Heller, and Taharat Aharon by R. Aharon Perls. Amsterdam, [1756].

6 books. Varying size and condition. Old original bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.

Early Printed Books – 17th-18th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 17th-18th Centuries