Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, with the commentaries. Dyhernfurth, 1809-1814. Complete set, four parts in four volumes.
Handwritten scholarly glosses in Ashkenazic script in several places.
Stamp of artist Hermann Struck on the title page of Part III.
Four volumes. Vol. I: [6], 116; 157 leaves. Lacking last leaf. Vol. II: [1], 245 leaves. Vol. III: [1], 131; 141; 96 leaves. Vol. IV: [1], 141; 169 leaves. All volumes lacking additional engraved title page. The title page in Vol. III is that of Vol. IV (the word "Fourth" on the title page is covered with a piece of paper reading "Third"). 38.5 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains, including some dampstains and dark stains. Worming, affecting text. Some browned leaves in one volume. Censor stamps. Bookplates. New leather bindings.

Arbaa Turim with Bayit Chadash (Bach) – Orach Chaim, Yoreh De'ah, Even HaEzer and Vol. II of Choshen Mishpat. Frankfurt am Main, [1712-1716] – four volumes out of a set of five volumes printed between 1712-1716. First edition of Derisha and Perisha on Choshen Mishpat.
Early signatures and ownership inscriptions from various periods: "Michel Wolf", "Gavriel Hirsch Friedman", "Yehuda Leib Farnbach", inscription testifying that the book "belongs to R. Avraham Bing Segal Rabbi of the Principality of Würzburg and the knightly estates"; and other ownership inscriptions.
Two handwritten scholarly glosses in the Orach Chaim part, one of them lengthy. In the Choshen Mishpat part, two handwritten scholarly glosses. A few brief handwritten corrections in each volume.
R. Avraham Bing (1752-1841), leader of the entire German diaspora. A leading rabbi and yeshiva dean in Germany. He was the teacher of the Aruch LaNer and R. Yitzchak Dov Bamberger. A Torah disseminator and dayan in Offenbach and Frankfurt am Main (during his tenure in Frankfurt, he was one of the close disciples of R. Natan Adler, and was a close friend of R. Moshe Sofer – the Chatam Sofer, who was several years his junior). In 1796, he was appointed chief rabbi of the Principality of Würzburg, and settled in Heidingsfeld. In 1814, after the decree banning Jews from settling in the city of Wurzburg was overturned, he moved there, and relocated the rabbinic office to the city of Würzburg. Most prominent German rabbis were originally students in his prominent yeshiva, or disciples of his disciples, including: R. Yaakov Ettlinger, author of Aruch LaNer; R. Yitzchak Dov Bamberger Rabbi of Würzburg; R. Yitzchak Bernays Rabbi of Hamburg (teacher of R. Shimshon Refael Hirsch and R. Azriel Hildesheimer); R. Yehosef Schwartz, author of Tevuot HaAretz; R. Eliezer Bergmann, founder of the Ashkenazic settlement in Jerusalem and R. Avraham Reiss, pioneer of Orthodox Judaism in the United States. For his biography, see article by R. Yehuda Aharon HaLevi Horowitz: R. Avraham HaLevi Bing and His Yeshiva in Würzburg (Yeshurun, vol. VIII, Adar 2001, pp. 760-785).
Four volumes. 32-32.5 cm. Orach Chaim: [2], 296 leaves. Yoreh De'ah: [1], 2-10; 277 leaves. Even HaEzer: [1], 139 leaves. Choshen Mishpat Part II: [1], 120, 187 leaves. Overall good condition. Stains. Tears and wear. Several detached leaves. Tears to title pages of Yoreh De'ah and Orach Chaim. Large tears to approx. 70 leaves in middle of Yoreh De'ah (leaves 101-170), and to several leaves in middle of Orach Chaim, affecting text (with old paper repairs). First bifolio of Even HaEzer detached. Worming in several places, mostly to inside bindings. Fine, original bindings, wood covered with parchment, with remnants of clasps.

Shenei Luchot HaBrit (The Holy Shelah), words of ethics and fear of G-d, Kabbalah and Halacha, by R. Yeshaya HaLevi Horowitz. Amsterdam: Immanuel son of Josef Athias, 1698. Illustrated title page (by Avraham ben Yaakov HaGer).
Shenei Luchot HaBrit contains many halachic novellae, Kabbalistic principles, homiletics and ethics, and incorporates all realms of the Torah. The book was received with awe throughout the Jewish world, and its teachings are quoted in the books of leading poskim and kabbalists. Many renowned Chassidic leaders were extraordinarily devoted to the study of the books of the Shelah.
The Bach – R. Yoel Sirkis, notably acclaimed the author and his works in his approbation to the Shaar HaShamayim siddur: "R. Yeshaya HaLevi… he left behind blessing in his holy compositions, and upon seeing and reading them we sensed holiness in all our limbs, and this is the sign that his works were composed for the sake of Heaven, to elevate future generations…". The Tosafot Yom Tov writes in his approbation to the siddur: "He is a holy, awe-inspiring man… no doubt he was invested with a heavenly spirit".
This edition of the Shelah was printed in Amsterdam in 1698, the year the Baal Shem Tov was born, and Chassidic lore ties these two events. The Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch writes (Igrot, 2853) of the elaborate edition of the book Shelah HaKadosh printed in the year "Nachat" (gratification; the numerical value of 'nachat' corresponds to the Hebrew year 5458, i.e. 1698). He states that "this alludes to the heavenly gratification caused by the revelation of the holy book, and in that year the Baal Shem Tov was born. The Baal Shem Tov was used to saying that he was born in the year of the printing of the Shelah HaKadosh, in order to enlighten the world with G-d's light of Torah and fear of Heaven with service of the heart". The Rebbe Rayatz brings a wondrous tradition from R. Mendel of Vitebsk regarding the first and second editions of the Shelah: "During the printing of the Shelah… this holy book enthused and inspired the hearts of the Jewish people, drawing the Evil Eye, which brought about the infamous Chmielnicki pogroms"; "In the year the Baal Shem Tov was born, the second edition of Shelah was printed in Amsterdam, and then as well there was an accusation in heaven against the Jewish people in Poland, similar to the first accusation upon the initial publication of the Shelah, yet thank G-d, it was a year of serenity" (Likutei Diburim HaMeturgam, I, p. 50).
Ownership inscriptions of members of the Treves family, in Italian script, most of them deleted. Ownership inscription on the title page of Vavei HaAmudim: "Came to my possession from the estate of my late brother R. Yochanan, Avraham son of R. Yitzchak Treves". Short glosses in Italian script in several places. Long gloss on p. 298b.
[4], 422; 44; [12] leaves. 31 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dark stains and dampstains, with traces of mildew to first leaves. Worming. Marginal tears to first leaves (some repaired), not affecting text, and small open tears to last two leaves, affecting text. Illustrated title page detached. Old binding.

"Pnei Yehoshua, Apei Zutrei – Panim Masbirot L'Halacha", [Part II], novellae on Tractates Ketubot, Gittin and Kiddushin, by R. Yaakov Yoshua [Falk], rabbi of Metz. Amsterdam, [1739]. First edition. First book of the author printed in his lifetime.
The work Pnei Yehoshua on Talmudic tractates is a classic Torah text, regularly studied to this day. The Mareh Yechezkel, rebbe of Deyzh, writes in his Responsa Avnei Tzedek, in the name of his teacher the Chatam Sofer: "I have heard directly from the mouth of my teacher the Chatam Sofer that from the time the Rashba wrote his composition, no work was written that can compare to the Pnei Yehoshua". The Chida, in his book Shem HaGedolim, writes: "The work Pnei Yehoshua earned him worldwide renown… I merited visiting him for several days, and his appearance is like an angel of G-d, and he gave me the book Pnei Yehoshua as a gift".
Several handwritten leaves (5 written pages) are bound at the beginning of the book, in early script (typical of ca. 18th century), novellae on Talmudic topics of chapter Eizehu Neshech, tractate Bava Metzia, copied from the Pnei Yehoshua (part III, Frankfurt am Main 1756). In the heading of the first page, the copyist writes: "Since the teaching of my relative, the author are so dear to me, I decided to copy here what he wrote at the beginning of Eizehu Neshech… and I did not merit to acquire his composition on Nezikin, to find pleasure in it".
Early ownership inscriptions, signatures and stamps. At the top of the title page, ownership inscriptions by three writers, one after the other: "This Pnei Yehoshua belongs to the distinguished community leader, R. Aharon Sh. of Oedekoven / And he gave it to me Nethanel Fürth / I purchased this book by exchange, Elchanan Henle son of the Torah scholar and dayan, R. Nethanel". Another ownership inscription on the title page and front endpaper: "Eli. R.G.".
R. Nethanel Fürth, whose signature appears in this book (d. Elul 1786) was a dayan in Mannheim. He was the son of R. Seligmann Dinkelspühl, dayan in Fürth; and son-in-law of R. Binyamin Wolf author of Ir Binyamin (a relative of the Pnei Yehoshua. The title page of his book Ir Binyamin, Frankfurt an der Oder 1698, lists his lineage up to R. Yoshua of Kraków author of Meginei Shlomo, also an ancestor of the Pnei Yehoshua).
His son, whose signature also appears in this book – R. Elchanan Henle Fürth-Dinkelspühl (d. Tishrei 1802), a dayan in Mannheim. In 1776, he was appointed rabbi of the Kloiz in Mannheim. He is presumably the one who wrote these five pages, copying from the book of his relative the Pnei Yehoshua.
4; 115; 106; 81; 20 leaves. Approx. 31 cm. Good condition. Stains (including dark stains). Creases. Minor tears to several leaves. Minor worming. Inner margins of several leaves reinforced with paper. New binding.
This edition has several variants. The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book and Vinograd-Rosenfeld record copies with a different foliation (4; 115; 106; 81; 26 leaves). However, in Otzar HaChochma and other libraries, there are copies with 20 leaves at the end, as in the present copy.

Four books by R. Yosef Molcho, in three volumes:
• Shulchan Gavoha, on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, by R. Yosef Molcho. Salonika, [1756]. Bound with: Ohel Yosef, responsa, following the order of Arbaa Turim, by R. Yosef Molcho. Salonika, [1756]. First editions.
Signature on the title page: "G-d has favored me, and gave me this as well, Chaim Yosef Eliakim" (R. Yisrael Chaim Yosef Eliakim, author of Shem Yosef, a Torah scholar of Sofia). Inscription and calligraphic signature recording the purchase of the book from him: "I bought it from him… so says Yehuda son of R. Moshe Ali" (R. Yehuda Ali, author of Kemach Solet, a Torah scholar of Niš, Serbia). Additional inscription in Ladino, mentioning the name "R. Yosef Eliakim". A few glosses by various writers (a trimmed gloss handwritten by R. Chaim Yosef Eliakim. Another gloss signed: "Sh.M.").
Shulchan Gavoha: [1], 11; 1-61, 63-156; 33, [1], 40-62, 65-94, 93-102, 101-135 leaves. Lacking 9 leaves: [2], 62, 34-35, 37-39, 63-64. Leaves 34-35, 37-39, 63-64 replaced in handwriting (leaf 40 also replaced in handwriting, though original leaf is present, with open tear). 11 leaves following title page were originally bound at end of book. Ohel Yosef: [1], 1, 96, [7] leaves. Lacking 2 final leaves. 27 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, on some leaves significant, affecting text. Open tears in several places, including title page. Leaves trimmed with damage to text. Old binding.
• Shulchan Gavoha, on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah, parts I and III, by R. Yosef Molcho. Salonika, [1764-1784]. Two volumes. First editions.
Several sections from the beginning of Orach Chaim are printed at the end of Part III.
Signature on title page of vol. I: "G-d favored me, and gave me this as well... Yehuda Ali…", Signatures on title page of vol. II: "I, Yehuda Ali...", "This is my book… Efraim Alkalai…".
Vol. I (Part I): [2], 213 leaves. Approx. 29 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Worming, affecting text. Old binding.
Vol. II (Part III): [1], 219; 41 leaves. 28 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Wear. Open tears, primarily to first and final leaves, affecting text. Old binding.
All three volumes contain signatures and several glosses by R. Eliyahu HaKohen Rabin, rabbi of the Bukharan community in Jerusalem.