Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
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![Torat HaAdam, laws of mourning, with Shaar HaGemul, by R. Moshe son of Nachman (the Ramban). [Constantinople, 1518]. First e](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale77-public/26.jpg "Torat HaAdam by the Ramban – First Edition – Constantinople, 1518")
Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $3,000
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Torat HaAdam, laws of mourning, with Shaar HaGemul, by R. Moshe son of Nachman (the Ramban). [Constantinople, 1518].
First edition of a classic halachic and philosophical work dealing with the topics of death, mourning and retribution in the World to Come.
Signature on title page.
[63] leaves. Lacking final leaf. 24.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains (including dampstains) and wear. Worming. Small open tear to final leaf, affecting text, repaired with paper. Leaves trimmed with slight damage to text of a few leaves. Handwritten inscriptions on the title page. New binding.
First edition of a classic halachic and philosophical work dealing with the topics of death, mourning and retribution in the World to Come.
Signature on title page.
[63] leaves. Lacking final leaf. 24.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains (including dampstains) and wear. Worming. Small open tear to final leaf, affecting text, repaired with paper. Leaves trimmed with slight damage to text of a few leaves. Handwritten inscriptions on the title page. New binding.
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Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,625
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Keter Torah, 613 commandments and 7 rabbinical commandments, by R. David Vital. Constantinople: Eliezer son of Gershom Soncino, 1536.
The composition is based on a 620-word poem (numerical value of Keter), where each word alludes to a different commandment, with commentaries, laws and novellae.
Illustration of internal organs of a cow (pertinent to laws of terefot). Lacking illustration of hands (relating to calendar).
Early ownership inscrptions on title page.
Incomplete copy. [120] leaves. Lacking 8 leaves: 4 leaves in middle (leaves 13-16 – gathering 4) and 4 final leaves. 18.5 cm. Thick paper. Condition varies. Most leaves in good condition. Title page and final leaves in fair condition. Stains. Open tears to title page and four final leaves, with significant damage to text and border, repaired with paper. Minor worming to first leaves. Margins of several leaves trimmed close to text. New binding.
The composition is based on a 620-word poem (numerical value of Keter), where each word alludes to a different commandment, with commentaries, laws and novellae.
Illustration of internal organs of a cow (pertinent to laws of terefot). Lacking illustration of hands (relating to calendar).
Early ownership inscrptions on title page.
Incomplete copy. [120] leaves. Lacking 8 leaves: 4 leaves in middle (leaves 13-16 – gathering 4) and 4 final leaves. 18.5 cm. Thick paper. Condition varies. Most leaves in good condition. Title page and final leaves in fair condition. Stains. Open tears to title page and four final leaves, with significant damage to text and border, repaired with paper. Minor worming to first leaves. Margins of several leaves trimmed close to text. New binding.
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![Piskei Halachot by R. Menachem of Recanati. Bologna: Silk Weaver's Guild, [1538]. First edition. The author, R. Menachem son](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale77-public/28.jpg "Piskei Halachot Recanati – Bologna, 1538 – Signatures")
Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,750
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Piskei Halachot by R. Menachem of Recanati. Bologna: Silk Weaver's Guild, [1538]. First edition.
The author, R. Menachem son of Binyamin Recanati (1250-1310), was an early Italian Kabbalist. The present work, comprising his halachic rulings, served as an important source for halachic authorities of subsequent generations.
Signature on the title page (possibly of R. Eliyahu Yisrael Rabbi of Alexandria, author of Kol Eliyahu and Kiseh Eliyahu). Stamp.
[12], 62 leaves. 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and minor wear. Worming, affecting text, repaired with paper (book professionally restored). Inscriptions. New leather binding.
The author, R. Menachem son of Binyamin Recanati (1250-1310), was an early Italian Kabbalist. The present work, comprising his halachic rulings, served as an important source for halachic authorities of subsequent generations.
Signature on the title page (possibly of R. Eliyahu Yisrael Rabbi of Alexandria, author of Kol Eliyahu and Kiseh Eliyahu). Stamp.
[12], 62 leaves. 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and minor wear. Worming, affecting text, repaired with paper (book professionally restored). Inscriptions. New leather binding.
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Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $600
Including buyer's premium
Avodat HaLevi, references for the 613 commandments following the order of the Rambam, by R. Shlomo son of Eliezer HaLevi. Venice: Marco Antonio Justinian, 1546.
Handwritten gloss, in early Ashkenazic script, on p. 21b.
28 leaves. 20 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition. Many stains (including dampstains). New binding.
Handwritten gloss, in early Ashkenazic script, on p. 21b.
28 leaves. 20 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition. Many stains (including dampstains). New binding.
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![Sefer HaMitzvot by the Rambam, with Hasagot of the Ramban (objections to Sefer HaMitzvot). [Venice]: Bragadin, [1550].
Three](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale77-public/30_1.jpg "Sefer HaMitzvot by the Rambam, with Hasagot of the Ramban – Venice, 15")
![Sefer HaMitzvot by the Rambam, with Hasagot of the Ramban (objections to Sefer HaMitzvot). [Venice]: Bragadin, [1550].
Three](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale77-public/30_2.jpg "Sefer HaMitzvot by the Rambam, with Hasagot of the Ramban – Venice, 15")
Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $3,250
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Sefer HaMitzvot by the Rambam, with Hasagot of the Ramban (objections to Sefer HaMitzvot). [Venice]: Bragadin, [1550].
Three-crowned printers' device of Bragadin on final leaf, and colophon with details of printing.
This edition of Sefer HaMitzvot was printed as part of the famous edition of Mishneh Torah, brought to print by the Torah leader R. Meir Katzenellenbogen – Maharam Padua (1473?-1565).
The text was carefully corrected by Maharam Padua and his son R. Shmuel Yehuda Katzenellenbogen.
Maharam Padua also sponsored the printing. His glosses were however stolen by Giustiniani, a rival Venice printer, who produced his own edition of Mishneh Torah (Venice, 1550) and sold it at a lower price. A great dispute ensued, and the Rama issued a ban on Giustiniani's edition. This dispute eventually drew the Pope's intervention, resulting in the decree of the burning of the Talmud in Italy on Rosh Hashanah 1553.
41, [1] leaves. 39.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains (including dampstains) and wear. Tears. Worming. Inscriptions. Stamp. Bookplates. Without binding.
Three-crowned printers' device of Bragadin on final leaf, and colophon with details of printing.
This edition of Sefer HaMitzvot was printed as part of the famous edition of Mishneh Torah, brought to print by the Torah leader R. Meir Katzenellenbogen – Maharam Padua (1473?-1565).
The text was carefully corrected by Maharam Padua and his son R. Shmuel Yehuda Katzenellenbogen.
Maharam Padua also sponsored the printing. His glosses were however stolen by Giustiniani, a rival Venice printer, who produced his own edition of Mishneh Torah (Venice, 1550) and sold it at a lower price. A great dispute ensued, and the Rama issued a ban on Giustiniani's edition. This dispute eventually drew the Pope's intervention, resulting in the decree of the burning of the Talmud in Italy on Rosh Hashanah 1553.
41, [1] leaves. 39.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains (including dampstains) and wear. Tears. Worming. Inscriptions. Stamp. Bookplates. Without binding.
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Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,063
Including buyer's premium
Mirkevet HaMishneh, commentary on the Book of Devarim (Mishneh Torah), by Don Yitzchak Abarbanel. Sabbioneta: Tobias Foa, 1551. First edition.
Title within architectural floral border.
Ownership inscription in Sephardic script on final page. Stamps.
145, [1] leaves. Approx. 29 cm. Condition varies, most leaves in good to good-fair condition. Stains. Significant dampness damage and mold to seven final leaves of indexes. Small marginal tears to title page, repaired. Tears to final leaf, repaired. Old binding.
First Hebrew book printed in Sabbioneta (Italy).
With Tobias Foa's printers' device on final page.
Title within architectural floral border.
Ownership inscription in Sephardic script on final page. Stamps.
145, [1] leaves. Approx. 29 cm. Condition varies, most leaves in good to good-fair condition. Stains. Significant dampness damage and mold to seven final leaves of indexes. Small marginal tears to title page, repaired. Tears to final leaf, repaired. Old binding.
First Hebrew book printed in Sabbioneta (Italy).
With Tobias Foa's printers' device on final page.
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Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $500
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
LeChol Chefetz, texts of legal documents in accordance with Jewish law, by R. Eliezer Melli. Venice: Daniel son of Cornelio Adelkind [in Justinian's press], 1552.
Many inscriptions, pen trials and ink stains to title page and entire book (the book was apparently owned by a scribe, who copied legal documents from it on a regular basis).
[16] leaves. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, some wear. Many inscriptions and ink stains. New binding.
Many inscriptions, pen trials and ink stains to title page and entire book (the book was apparently owned by a scribe, who copied legal documents from it on a regular basis).
[16] leaves. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, some wear. Many inscriptions and ink stains. New binding.
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Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries
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![Amudei Golah, Sefer Mitzvot Katan – Semak, by R. Yitzchak son of R. Moshe of Corbeil. Cremona: Vincenzo Conti, [1556]. Second](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale77-public/33_1.jpg "Amudei Golah – Semak – Cremona, 1556 – Glosses")
![Amudei Golah, Sefer Mitzvot Katan – Semak, by R. Yitzchak son of R. Moshe of Corbeil. Cremona: Vincenzo Conti, [1556]. Second](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale77-public/33_2.jpg "Amudei Golah – Semak – Cremona, 1556 – Glosses")
Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $700
Unsold
Amudei Golah, Sefer Mitzvot Katan – Semak, by R. Yitzchak son of R. Moshe of Corbeil. Cremona: Vincenzo Conti, [1556]. Second edition. Historiated title page.
Early ownership inscriptions (signatures trimmed or deleted). A few handwritten corrections.
[8], 156, [5] leaves. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tear to title page, not affecting text, repaired with paper, and tears to another leaf, repaired with paper. Margins of several leaves trimmed with damage to text. Minor worming. Inscriptions. New binding.
Early ownership inscriptions (signatures trimmed or deleted). A few handwritten corrections.
[8], 156, [5] leaves. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tear to title page, not affecting text, repaired with paper, and tears to another leaf, repaired with paper. Margins of several leaves trimmed with damage to text. Minor worming. Inscriptions. New binding.
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Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Sefer HaEmunot, on beliefs and opposition to philosophy, by R. Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov. Ferrara: Abraham ibn Usque, 1556. Printed with: Hasagot, by R. Moshe Alashkar – objections to the arguments of R. Shem Tov against the Rambam in Sefer HaEmunot. Ferrara: Abraham ibn Usque, [1556]. Only edition of Sefer HaEmunot.
Divisional title page for Hasagot.
Sefer HaEmunot is a polemic work against philosophy and in support of Kabbalah. The author, R. Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov, a Torah scholar in pre-expulsion Spain, directs most of his strongly-worded criticism at the Rambam. A transcript of this work reached R. Moshe Alashkar, who vehemently rose to the Rambam's defense in his Hasagot, with sharp criticism of R. Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov. When publishing the present edition of Sefer HaEmunot, the publisher felt it his duty to print together with it the objections of R. Moshe Alashkar (first published in his responsa work, Sabbioneta 1554). Sefer HaEmunot was never reprinted.
Gloss (trimmed) in Ashkenazic script on p. 6b. Stamps.
116; 16 leaves. 19 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Tears to title page and three following leaves, affecting title page border (with some loss), repaired. Minor worming. Old binding, with damage.
Divisional title page for Hasagot.
Sefer HaEmunot is a polemic work against philosophy and in support of Kabbalah. The author, R. Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov, a Torah scholar in pre-expulsion Spain, directs most of his strongly-worded criticism at the Rambam. A transcript of this work reached R. Moshe Alashkar, who vehemently rose to the Rambam's defense in his Hasagot, with sharp criticism of R. Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov. When publishing the present edition of Sefer HaEmunot, the publisher felt it his duty to print together with it the objections of R. Moshe Alashkar (first published in his responsa work, Sabbioneta 1554). Sefer HaEmunot was never reprinted.
Gloss (trimmed) in Ashkenazic script on p. 6b. Stamps.
116; 16 leaves. 19 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Tears to title page and three following leaves, affecting title page border (with some loss), repaired. Minor worming. Old binding, with damage.
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Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $500
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Even Bochen, ethics and laws of proper behavior, by R. Kalonymus son of Kalonymus. Cremona: Vincenzo Conti, 1558.
Ownership inscriptions on title page, partially deleted.
32 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains (including dark dampstains) and wear. Tears to title page, not affecting text. Original binding with vellum spine. Damage and worming to binding.
Ownership inscriptions on title page, partially deleted.
32 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains (including dark dampstains) and wear. Tears to title page, not affecting text. Original binding with vellum spine. Damage and worming to binding.
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![Rav Mordechai, Talmudic novellae, by R. Mordechai HaKohen Ashkenazi. Riva di Trento: [Antonio Bruin], 1558. Without the fina](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale77-public/36.jpg "Rav Mordechai – Riva di Trento, 1558")
Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
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Rav Mordechai, Talmudic novellae, by R. Mordechai HaKohen Ashkenazi. Riva di Trento: [Antonio Bruin], 1558.
Without the final 45 leaves of the Simanei Mordechai section, printed at the end of the book with a separate title page.
Ownership inscription in Italian script at the top of the title page: "Acquired by R. Refael Mode---[?]". Another inscription in Oriental script: "Chaim Shlomo Franco" (a Sephardic Torah scholar and dayan in Safed, ca. 1835-1842).
150; [1], 154-192 leaves. Without final 45 leaves. 32 cm. Fair condition. Stains (including large dampstains) and wear. Traces of past dampness, with mold stains to upper part of many leaves. Small marginal tears to title page and first leaves, repaired in part. Worming, affecting text on several leaves. Censor's deletions on several leaves and censorship inscription on final page. New binding.
Without the final 45 leaves of the Simanei Mordechai section, printed at the end of the book with a separate title page.
Ownership inscription in Italian script at the top of the title page: "Acquired by R. Refael Mode---[?]". Another inscription in Oriental script: "Chaim Shlomo Franco" (a Sephardic Torah scholar and dayan in Safed, ca. 1835-1842).
150; [1], 154-192 leaves. Without final 45 leaves. 32 cm. Fair condition. Stains (including large dampstains) and wear. Traces of past dampness, with mold stains to upper part of many leaves. Small marginal tears to title page and first leaves, repaired in part. Worming, affecting text on several leaves. Censor's deletions on several leaves and censorship inscription on final page. New binding.
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Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries
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Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
March 15, 2021
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Shaarei Dura, halachic rulings on the laws of Kashrut, by R. Yitzchak HaLevi of Dura (Düren), with the Mevo She'arim commentary, by R. Natan Shapiro (Maharnash). Lublin: Kalonymus son of Mordechai Jaffe, [1574]. First edition of the Mevo She'arim commentary.
Historiated title page.
Signatures and inscriptions in early Ashkenazic script, by "Avraham son of R. Refael", attesting that he acquired the book in Frankfurt in 1590.
Lengthy glosses in early Ashkenazic script on pp. 26b and 107b.
Shaarei Dura, composed in the 13th century, is one of the most important works on the laws of Kashrut, and is quoted extensively by both the Beit Yosef and the Rama. Until the printing of the Shulchan Aruch, Shaarei Dura was the primary Ashkenazic work on the laws of Kashrut.
This is the fifth edition of this work (first printed in Krakow, 1534). Since each edition of Shaarei Dura was printed based on a different manuscript, all the editions published in the 16th century are in effect first editions. This is also the first edition of Mevo She'arim by R. Natan Shapiro.
109 leaves. Final leaf – leaf 110 is probably a photocopy on old paper. 28.5 cm. Good condition. Stains (including ink stains) and wear. Tears and worming to title page, affecting border. Title page reinforced with paper on verso. Tears and worming to several leaves, affecting text. Inscriptions. New leather binding.
Historiated title page.
Signatures and inscriptions in early Ashkenazic script, by "Avraham son of R. Refael", attesting that he acquired the book in Frankfurt in 1590.
Lengthy glosses in early Ashkenazic script on pp. 26b and 107b.
Shaarei Dura, composed in the 13th century, is one of the most important works on the laws of Kashrut, and is quoted extensively by both the Beit Yosef and the Rama. Until the printing of the Shulchan Aruch, Shaarei Dura was the primary Ashkenazic work on the laws of Kashrut.
This is the fifth edition of this work (first printed in Krakow, 1534). Since each edition of Shaarei Dura was printed based on a different manuscript, all the editions published in the 16th century are in effect first editions. This is also the first edition of Mevo She'arim by R. Natan Shapiro.
109 leaves. Final leaf – leaf 110 is probably a photocopy on old paper. 28.5 cm. Good condition. Stains (including ink stains) and wear. Tears and worming to title page, affecting border. Title page reinforced with paper on verso. Tears and worming to several leaves, affecting text. Inscriptions. New leather binding.
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Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries
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