Shtei Yadot, midrashim, prayers, piyyutim and more, by R. Menachem de Lonzano. Venice: Giovanni Cajon for Pietro and Lorenzo Bragadin, 1618.
The book is comprised of two sections – "two hands", each hand containing five "fingers". Includes many topics: Or Torah on the text of the Torah; midrashim; piyyutim, songs and prayer services; linguistics and philosophy; ethics, Jewish thought and more.
62, 65-76, 75-176 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear to the first leaves. Marginal tears to the title page, repaired. Minor tears in a few places, without loss. Old binding, damaged, back detached.
Regarding this book and its author, see: Meir Wander, Toldot HaMechaber, at the beginning of Derech Chaim, Lviv 1931, pp. XVI-XXVIII; S.H. Kook, Midrash Agur, Kiryat Sefer, 28, 1952-1953, pp. 206-209 (Iyunim U'Mechkarim, 1, Jerusalem 1959, pp. 241-245).

Rinat Dodim, commentary to Song of Songs, by R. Eliyahu son of R. Moshe Loanz. Basel: Konrad Waldkirch, [1600].
R. Eliyahu Baal Shem of Loanz (1565-1636), studied in the yeshiva of the Maharal of Prague, dealt in Kabbalah and writing amulets. He came to Basel after leaving his community in Frankfurt am Main, and printed this book "since teachings written in a book are as if they were preached to many thousands" (as stated on the title page). Illustrations of faces appear on p. 18b within the commentary to the verse "Libavtini…".
Ownership inscriptions and signatures on the title page and last leaf ("Shmuel son of R. Yehuda Leib Bacharach", "Akiva David Seitelblum, Kraków"). Trimmed gloss on leaf 1.
[1], 30 leaves. 18 cm. Good-fair condition. Slightly darkened paper. Stains. Minor worming, repaired. New binding.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.

Olelot Efraim, homilies for Festivals and ethics, by R. Efraim of Luntschitz (Łęczyca), parts I-IV. Lublin: Kalonymus ben Mordechai Jaffe, [1590]. First edition.
Early signatures and inscriptions appear on the title page and its verso (most in early script from the time of the printing, ca. early 17th century), including: "Pesach son of R. Aryeh Leib Palembaum"; "My acquisition, Yehuda also called Yeidel Meisels of Prague"; "…R. Itzek"; and other signatures and inscriptions, on the title page and in other places.
At the end of the indexes (p. 4b of the last pagination), an interesting inscription appears, testifying that the book belonged to the martyr R. Aharon Binyamin Beinush, victim of the Khmelnytsky Pogroms in Szczebrzeszyn: "This Olelot Efraim is a relic from my son the martyr, murdered during the riots in Szczebrzeszyn, Cheshvan 1648, together with other martyrs, and he was named HaChaver R. Aharon Binyamin Beinush, may his blood be avenged together with that of the other pious martyrs, oy! Woe to me for my sins". (Regarding the massacres in Ostroh and Szczebrzeszyn of October 1648, R. Meir of Szczebrzeszyn writes in his book Tzuk HaItim, Krakow 1650, p. [19]: "When the king sat on the throne of his kingdom, in Cheshvan 1648 of the first year of his reign, the rebel returned to his estate… the few people of Ostroh who remained… and they murdered the Jews of the town twice, and their blood flowed like rivulets of water… in Szczebrzeszyn the houses are not burnt, and some two thousand prominent Jews were killed there…").
The holy author of Olelot Efraim, the kabbalist R. Shlomo Efraim of Luntschitz (d. 1619), was the rabbi and yeshiva dean of Prague (together with the Shelah). He was one of the leading Torah scholars of his generation, a disciple of the Maharshal of Lublin and the Maharal of Prague. He composed: Kli Yakar, Ir Giborim, Amudei Shesh and more. His work Olelot Efraim is most renowned, frequently quoted in homiletic and Chassidic books.
108, 108-109, 200-209, 300-341, 142-154, [1], 10 leaves. Lacking last two leaves (originally: 108, 108-109, 200-209, 300-341, 142-154, [1], 12 leaves). 29 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Signs of past dampness. Minor worming. Marginal tears to some leaves. Tears and wear to the title page (repaired). One detached leaf. Old binding, front detached, without spine.

Tal Orot, treatises on the 39 activities prohibited on Shabbat, by R. Shaul son of R. David "Rabbi in Russia". Prague: "Avraham Heide known as Avram Lemberger", [1615]. First edition. Approbations from the Shlah, the Maharsha and the Kli Yakar.
A composition in rhyme on the 39 activities prohibited on Shabbat, with commentary and scholarly expansions (all by the author). The body of the poem is printed in the center of each page, surrounded by the commentary. At the head of each page is a poetic title related to the contents of that page.
The Chida writes in Shem HaGedolim: "Book… deliberating the teachings of the early sages; somewhat rare…".
Stamps, signatures and ownership inscriptions.
3; 1-70, 73, [1] leaves. Lacking leaves 71-72, replaced with two handwritten leaves. 30 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Worming. Some detached leaves. Old binding, partially detached.