Grammatica Hebraea / Mikneh Avram, a book on Hebrew grammar, by the physician and grammarian R. Abraham de Balmes. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, [1523].
Vowelized Hebrew and Latin on facing pages. The volume was translated by Kalonymus ben David, who also composed the final chapter in the book: "Chapter of Cantillation", and prepared the book for print.
Following the title page is a Latin poem honoring Daniel Bomberg, after which Bomberg wrote a Latin introduction. The author also praises Bomberg in his introduction.
The blank page following the introduction contains an inscription in old Italian-Ashkenazic script (15th century): "G-d has favored me and given me this volume of Mikneh Avraham, which I bought today…may G-d give me and my children the merit to study it day and night, and may our entire nation be written in the book of life, blessing and peace… may G-d save us from our oppressors. Kalonymus son of the holy [martyred] Mordechai Katz of Asolo, may his soul rest in Eden…I bought this volume from Alfonso Ricaritiri in Venice for three lire…" [The writer was evidently from the family of R. Gershom Katz ben R. Kalonymus of Asolo, who moved to Padua in 1581, where he served as dayan and head of the community. See enclosed material].
[314] leaves. 21 cm. Good condition. High quality paper, mostly clean; some stains. Repaired tears to the title page; tear to one other page. Worming on binding and several pages. Original vellum binding.
Another edition of this work, in Hebrew only, was printed simultaneously [Venice, 1523]. The Hebrew of both editions is virtually identical, but the current edition has numbered lines.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.

Sefer HaShorashim, roots [of words] in the Holy Tongue, by R. David Kimchi. [Salonika: Gershom and Shlomo Soncino, 1533].
Several censor erasures. Among them, the following line of the entry "elem" (youth) was erased: "Our sages have brought proofs against Jesus the Christian".
[146] leaves (originally 149). Lacking the title page and two last leaves. This copy is a combination of several copies: approximately 22 leaves were added from another copy which was shorter in size and the margins were elongated with paper filling. Other leaves were added from other copies (possibly some are photocopies on ancient paper, see for example leaf [38]). 28 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Worming. Repaired tears. Ancient repaired leather binding.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.

Sefer Tuv Taam on the principles of cantillation marks by R. Eliyahu Bachur-Ashkenazi (Elia Levita). Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1538. First edition.
On the title page is a handwritten inscription from 1636: "... Axelrod son of Yaakov Cohen", and a censor's inscription.
35 leaves. [2] final leaves of errata missing, 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and dampstains. Slight wear on title page and other pages. Pages cut with slight damage to the titles on some pages. New vellum binding. Bookplate.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.

Piskei Halachot by the Kabbalist R. Menachem of Recanati. Bologna: "HaShutafim", [1538]. First edition.
The author, R. Menachem ben Binyamin Recanati (1250-1310), was one of the first Italian kabbalists. This is his book of halachic rulings, which became an important source of rulings and is quoted by many Torah authorities such as the Beit Yosef, the Shach and the Magen Avraham.
Many stamps of R. Moshe Chalfan Lifshitz (died Cheshvan 1830), one of the leaders of the Warsaw Jewish community. He was the father-in-law of the first Rebbe of Gur, R. Yitzchak Meir Alter, author of "Chidushei HaRim" and of Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Kotzk. [The book "Siach Sarfei Kodesh" contains many stories about R. Moshe's great holiness]. He was a disciple of the Maggid of Kozhnitz and the Chozeh of Lublin, both of whom were involved in arranging a match with his son-in-law the Chidushei HaRim.
Signatures of the bibliographer Shmuel Weiner, "Shmuel ben Yirmiyahu Wiener of Barisov". Censors' stamps and signatures, with several markings and erasures to the text.
[12], 62 leaves. 21 cm. Overall good condition. Dampstains and repaired tears to the title page and several other pages. Stains. Repaired worming to several pages. New leather binding.

One volume containing six books concerning Hebrew grammar, Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1546.
1-4. "Dikdukim". Four books on Hebrew grammar printed together (each with a separate title page): "Mehalech Shvilei Hadaat" by R. Moshe Kimchi, with the commentary of R. Eliyahu Bachur (Elia Levita); "Petach Devarai" by R. Eliyahu Bachur; "Tzachut BeDikduk" by R. Avraham Ibn Ezra; "Moznei Lashon Hakodesh" by R. Avraham Ibn Ezra. Venice, 1546.
5. Sefer HaHarkavah by R. Eliyahu Bachur, including "Pirkei Eliyahu" by the same author, which was added with a separate title page from page 45 until the end of the composition. Venice, 1546.
6. Marpeh Lashon by R. Moshe Ibn Habib. Venice, 1546.
[4] 51, 53-236 leaves; 83 [1] leaves; [26] leaves. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and slight wear. Notes in the margins. Censor's marks, without erasures to the text. Original elegant leather binding with two metal clasps. Repaired damage to binding and clasps. Bookplate.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.