Yachin U'Boaz, responsa by the brothers Rabbi Tzemach and Rabbi Shimon Doran, sons of Rabbi Shlomo [the Rashbash] son of the Rashbatz. Together with the book Zera Rav, homilies by Rabbi Masud son of Ganon. Livorno, [1782].
Zera Rav has four long marginalia in Oriental handwriting which begin with the words "And in my lowly opinion" signed by Rabbi "Ya'akov Entebbe". Another gloss in another Oriental handwriting. Ownership inscriptions "…Yitzchak Anavi". Ownership inscription of Rebbe "Moshe Chaim Weiss" of Kisvárda (Kleinwardein).
Rabbi Ya'akov Entebbe, an Aleppo sage and rabbi in Damascus. During the Damascus blood libel in 1840, Rabbi Ya'akov was imprisoned and courageously withstood terrible torture [he wrote a well-known letter to Montefiore about the libel and his imprisonment]. After he was released from prison, he left the rabbinate and moved to Jerusalem. He died in Jerusalem in Tishrei 1846. Written on his tombstone: "The Torah scholar renowned for his holiness and piety, who sacrificed his body and soul to sanctify G-d's name in public…at the time he served as rabbi and Moreh Tzedek in the city of Damascus". See item 134.
[10], 133 leaves. 33 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition. Stains and wear. Contemporary worn binding.

Mishnayot Seder Kodshim and Seder Taharot, with commentaries of Rabbi Ovadya of Bartenura and the Tosfot Yom Tov. Amsterdam, [1685-1687]. Printed by David Tartas.
On the margins of Seder Taharot are dozens of scholarly glosses, long and short, in early Ashkenazi writing from the second half of the 18th century [including a mention of the book Beit David printed in 1739]. On the endpapers are owners' signatures: "Avraham son of R' Eliezer Yaffe" [perhaps Rabbi Avraham Abali Yaffe Av Beit Din of Viekšniai and Ponovezh, author of Metek Sfatayim. Died in 1820], and additional inscriptions and signatures.
Two parts bound in one volume: 163 leaves; [1] 223 leaves. 21 cm. Varying condition, the Kodshim volume is in good condition, the Taharot is in fair condition, with wear, tears and stains. Some glosses are slightly cutoff. Leather-covered wood binding, slightly damaged.
The title page of Seder Taharot is dated 1685, but the date appearing on the colophon at the end of the volume is Tishrei 1687. On Tractate Midot, Leaf 158/1 is an illustration - map of Beit HaMikdash.

Avodat Gershuni responsa, by Rabbi Gershon Ashkenazi. Frankfurt am Main, [1699]. First edition.
On title page: Signature of Rabbi "Itzik Grishaber of Krakow". Long scholarly marginalia, apparently in his handwriting.
On the leaf before the title page are many signatures and inscriptions: A signature of Rabbi "Zvi Hirsh Heller…Av Beit Din of Bonyhád" from 1819, signatures of his son-in-law Rabbi "Ya'akov Yeshaya Reich of Lesko", who writes in 1820 that the book belonged to his father-in-law; signature of Rabbi "Yechezkel Feivel of Lemberg". Signature in Oriental script of the well-known influential "Nissim Shmamo", etc.
Rabbi Yitzchak Itzik Grishaber-Freund (1741-1822), disciple of the Nodah B'Yehuda. Av Beit Din of Paks (Hungary) from 1782. Exchanged halachic correspondence with the author of the Chatam Sofer who highly praised him in his writings. In 1797, he strongly opposed the reform Rabbi Aharon Choriner who permitted eating the non-kosher fish Acipenser Ruthenus and his correspondence on the subject with the rabbis of his times and printed the issue in his book Makel Noam (Vienna, 1799).
The famous Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Heller (1776-1835, Encyclopedia L'Chachmei Galicia, Vol. 2 pp. 665-671), leading Hungarian Rabbi, called "Rabbi Hirsh Charif" because of his sharp (charif in Hebrew) intellect served as Rabbi in Brzesko (Galicia) and later, head of the yeshiva in Brody. Was forced to flee the city following a slander, reached Hungary and served in the rabbinate of the Bonyhád, Uzhhorod and Óbuda communities. Some of his disciples became prominent Torah scholars such as Rebbe Zvi Hirsh of Lesko and Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. Author of Tiv Gittin novellae and other works. His son-in-law Rabbi Ya'akov Yeshaya Reich of Lesko was a descendent of Rabbi Shaul Av Beit Din of Amsterdam.
[4], 94, [4] leaves. 29 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Several leaves with worming. Half-leather ancient damaged binding.