Torah Or, on the topics of afterlife and the World to Come, by Don Yosef ibn Yachya. Bologna: Silk Weaver's Guild, [1538].
Printed on verso of title page is a menorah-shaped poem (slightly trimmed), in praise of the book.
The author's introduction includes interesting details about the expulsion from Portugal. In the introduction, he writes that this work is the first of three "pillars": Torah Or, Derech Chaim and Ner Mitzvah. The author's son, R. Gedaliah ibn Yachya, relates in his book Shalshelet HaKabbalah that Derech Chaim and Ner Mitzvah were burnt in Padua in 1553.
Inscriptions on title page, in Sephardic cursive script (some in Ladino). Signatures on leaf 2: "Yaakov son of R. Avraham de Castro", "Avraham Tzorfati", "Chaim de Castro".
36 leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and wear. Extensive worming, affecting text. Damaged and partially detached binding.

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Sefer Michlol, grammar of the Holy Tongue, by R. David Kimchi – the Radak, annotated by R. Eliyahu Ashkenazi [Bachur]. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, [1545].
Comprised of three parts ("she'arim") – Grammar of Verbs, Grammar of Nouns and Grammar of Particles.
Handwritten headings (Italian script). Inked stamps of the "Talmud Torah Society of the Modena community". Censorship signatures on last leaf.
Large format. A small format edition was printed concurrently.
69 leaves. 29 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming, affecting text on some leaves. Old binding.

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Halichot Olam, Talmudic methodology, by R. Yeshua HaLevi of Tlemcen, with an introduction to Talmud by R. Shmuel HaNagid. Venice: [Giovanni di Farri and Brothers], 1544.
The author, R. Yeshuah HaLevi, was an early Algerian Torah scholar. In his preface to the present book, he writes that he fled to Spain in 1467 and settled in Toledo, where he composed this book, which became a classic work on Talmudic methodology.
The introduction to Talmud printed at the end of the book is mistakenly attributed on the title page to R. Shmuel HaNagid.
Handwritten emendations and glosses.
37, [1] leaves. 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Large open tear to title page, repaired with paper (not affecting text). Marginal wear and open tears to some leaves (primarily final leaves). Final leaf partially detached. Censor's signatures. Without binding.

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Ateret Zekenim, polemic work on providence and prophecy, by R. Yitzchak Abarbanel. Sabbioneta: Tobias Foà, 1556.
Signature on title page, in Italian script: "Gedalia Yitzchak Treves".
40 leaves. Lacking [4] final leaves. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, some leaves with many stains and dampstains. Small open tear to the top of the title page, affecting border, repaired with paper. Paper repairs to second leaf. Censorship deletions (an entire line was deleted on one leaf). Handwritten inscriptions. New binding.

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Three 16th century books, bound together (the first two books were presumably printed together):
• She'erit Yosef, Talmudic methodology, by R. Yosef ibn Verga. Mantua: brothers Yitzchak and Shlomo, sons of R. Shmuel of Norzi [Tomaso Ruffinelli press], [1593]. Second edition.
• Halichot Olam, Talmudic methodology, by R. Yeshua HaLevi, with Mevo HaGemara by R. Shmuel Hanagid. [Mantua: Tomaso Ruffinelli, 1593].
• Responsa of the Ran (Rabbi Nissim Gerondi). Rome: Isaac de Lattes, Benjamin of Arigniano and Antonio Blado, 1545-1546.
The first edition of Responsa of the Ran, printed from the sole existing manuscript (as noted by the publishers). Glosses by R. Isaac de Lattes were printed in the book.
Three books in one volume. She'erit Yosef: 44 leaves. Halichot Olam: 40 leaves. Responsa of the Ran: 173, [33] pages. 20.5 cm. Condition varies. The first leaves of She'erit Yosef and many leaves of Responsa of the Ran are in fair-poor condition. Halichot Olam is in good-fair condition. Stains. Extensive dampstains, with traces of fungus (to bottom of pages). Worming and open tears to first leaves of She'erit Yosef, affecting text. Extensive worming to bottom of many leaves in Responsa of the Ran. Open tears to margins of many leaves in Responsa of the Ran. Censorship deletions in the first two books. Handwritten inscriptions. Early, parchment binding, damaged and stained.

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