Yosifon, by Yosef son of Gurion HaKohen. Venice: Zuane (Giovanni) di Farri and brothers, 1544. Third edition.

Yosifon is a historical chronicle of the Jewish people from the Second Temple period until the Jewish Revolt. Scholars now believe that the book was authored in southern Italy in the 10th century as an adaptation of the Latin translations of Josephus.

CB, no. 6033,6; Zedner, p. 344; Roest, p. 583.

Mechilta, halachic midrash to the Book of Shemot. Venice: Daniel Bomberg by Cornelio Adelkind, 1545. Second edition.

Colophon on last leaf: "By Cornelio Adelkind, Av 1545, in the press of Daniel Bomberg".

This edition was printed based on the Constantinople 1515 edition, with corrections and supplements from other sources. 

CB, no. 3804; Zedner, p. 515; Roest, p. 771.

Sifrei, exegetical midrash on Bamidbar and Devarim. Venice: Daniel Bomberg by Cornelio Adelkind, [1545]. First edition.

Fine copy, with early leather binding.

Colophon on last leaf: "The Mechilta, Sifra and Sifrei are completed… proofread and typeset by Cornelio Adelkind".

Signature on title page (in square letters): "Shlomo of Dubno".

R. Shlomo of Dubno (1739-1813), disciple of R. Shlomo of Chełm, the Mirkevet HaMishneh. Published many books, both his own and those of others. Renowned as an expert on the Biblical text, Masorah and grammar, he was asked by the Vilna Gaon to clarify the accurate Masorah of the Books of Neviim and Ketuvim – see the account by R. Pesach Finfer of Vilna (article in Beit Vaad LaChachamim, Leeds, 1902, and in his Masoret HaTorah VehaNeviim, Vilna, 1906). He was an editor of Moses Mendelssohn's commentary to Bereshit, but eventually stopped working for Mendelssohn and decided to publish Chumashim himself, which received approbations from leading rabbis of the generation (R. Shmuel Rabbi of Vilna, R. Chaim of Volozhin and R. Zelmele of Volozhin, disciples of the Vilna Gaon; as well as rabbis from Vilna, Shklow, Slutsk, the Brody Kloiz, Lviv, Berlin, Frankfurt and elsewhere). See the list of his subscribers published by R. David Kamenetzky in Yeshurun VIII-X.

Censorship expurgations.

Handwritten glosses on p. 61b.

Pesikta Zutrata, Midrash on the Torah – Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim. Venice: Daniel Bomberg by Cornelio Adelkind, [1546]. First edition.

Pesikta Zutrata, also known as Midrash Lekach Tov, was composed by the 11th-12th centuries scholar R. Tuviah son of Eliezer.

Colophon on last page: "The Pesikta Zutrata was completed on Erev Pesach [1546], and was printed by Cornelio Adelkind in Venice… brought to us by… R. Zerachiah son of R. Malkiel Casani of Candia". 

93 leaves. Leaves 51 and 54 appear twice. 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Margins of last leaves repaired with paper. Creases on one leaf. Small open tear to one leaf, not affecting text. New binding.

CB, no. 7304,1.

Six Hebrew grammar books bound together. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1546.

1-4. Dikdukim, four books on Hebrew grammar printed together (each with a divisional title page): Mahalach Shevilei HaDaat by R. Moshe Kimchi, with the commentary of R. Eliyahu Bachur; Petach Devarai by an anonymous Sephardic author; Tzachut BeDikduk by R. Avraham ibn Ezra; Moznei Leshon HaKodesh by R. Avraham ibn Ezra.

5. Sefer HaHarkavah by R. Eliyahu Bachur. Including Pirkei Eliyahu by the same author, with a divisional title page (starting from leaf 45).

6. Marpe Lashon by R. Moshe ibn Habib.

Signature on first title page:
"Came to me from G-d, Michel son of… R. Tebele Scheuer" – R. (Yechiel) Michel Scheuer (ca. 1739-1810), Torah scholar and kabbalist, considered one of the leading yeshiva deans in Germany and a prominent rabbi of his times. He was a disciple of R. Natan Adler, and he served as yeshiva dean in Mainz where his father R. Tebele was serving as Rabbi. The young R. Moshe Sofer of Frankfurt (later known as the Chatam Sofer) studied in this yeshiva for about two years and later eulogized him as "the mentor of my youth… famous for his sharp wit, uprooting and grinding mountains; an exceptionally wise elder who studied diligently, and under whom I studied in 1776 and 1777 while he was yeshiva dean in Mainz" (Derashot Chatam Sofer 77c). From 1778-1782 he served as Rabbi of Worms, and from 1884 he served as Rabbi and yeshiva dean of Mannheim for nearly thirty years. Many leading Ashkenazi rabbis were his disciples – the introduction to the novellae of the Baal Shem of Michelstadt states that the author was a disciple of R. Michel, who taught him kabbalah.

Additional inscriptions and deleted signatures on front endpaper and first title page. Handwritten gloss to one leaf. 

Dikdukim: [4], 51, [1] blank leaf, 53-236 leaves. Sefer HaHarkavah: 83, [1] leaves. Marpe Lashon: [26] leaves. 15 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears to title page and small open tear, affecting text, repaired with paper. Light worming. Many handwritten inscriptions to title page of Dikdukim. Early leather binding, with clasps. Wear and damage to binding.

CB, no. 3451; Zedner, p. 574.