Ydele verwachtinge der Joden Getoont in den Persoon van Sabethai Zevi, Haren laetsten vermeynden Messias: Ofte Historisch Verhael van't geneten tijde sijner opwerpinge in't Ottomannisch Rijck onder de Joden aldaer voorgevallen is, en sijn Val [Vain Hopes of the Jews as Revealed in the Figure of Sabbatai Zevi…] by Thomas Coenen. Amsterdam: Joannes van den Bergh, 1669. Dutch and some Hebrew.
An important, detailed account of the rise of the messianic movement of Sabbatai Zevi, in "real time", while events took place or shortly afterwards. The author, Thomas Coenen, was a Protestant minister serving the Dutch merchant community in Izmir, where he witnessed Zevi's achievements. Coenen, who was very knowledgeable with regards to Judaism and Christianity, wrote with much disrespect for the Sabbatean movement and criticized it. Despite that, the book constitutes a reliable information source (the meticulousness of his study is evident in the fact that he provided the original Hebrew texts of various documents and letters). The book served as a historic information source for many scholars including Gershom Scholem (his study "Sabbatai Zevi and the Sabbatean Movement" is to a great extent based on Coenen's writings).
Originally the book contains two engravings - portraits of Sabbatai Zevi and Nathan of Gaza. This copy lacks both engravings, and they are replaced by photocopies.
According to K. Heeringa, (Bronnen tot de Geschiedenis van de Levantschen Handel) only 25 copies of Coenen's work were issued exclusively for the officers of the Levant Trading company. [16] pp ([2] leaves replaced by photocopies), 140, [1] pp, 15.5 cm. Good condition. Minor damages. Fine parchment binding, slightly damaged.

Tractatus de juribus Judaeorum, Von Recht der Juden, by Johann Jodicus Beck. Nuremberg: Johann Georg Lochner, 1741. German.
Comprehensive study of laws and rights of the Jews in Germany: criminal law, contract law, civil law, inheritance law and more. This composition refers both to the German law and to Jewish law [Halakha], and was written to serve as a guide, and to promote tolerance toward the Jewish congregation through study and explanation of Halakhic rules.
A fine Engraved frontispiece divided into four vignettes depicting: Jewish marriage ceremony; deathbed scene (writing a will); financial dealings; and a death-sentence. [1] engraving; [10], 599 pp, 20 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Minor tears at margins of frontispiece. Ex-library copy (Ex-libris label on verso of title page). Damaged binding, tears to margins and to spine.

Ohel Avraham, list of books collected by the outstanding Rabbi Avraham Merzbacher, edited by Raphael Nata Rabbinovicz. Munich, 1888.
List of 156 manuscripts and 4332 books in the collection of Avraham Merzbacher, Jewish banker and collector. Among the manuscripts in the collection is the finely illuminated manuscript of "Mishne Torah" by Maimonidas on parchment (Italy, 15th century), presently jointly owned by the Israel Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 6, 16, 196 pp, 23 cm. Body of book in good condition. Binding damaged and detached. Ex-library copy.