Tefillat HaDerech, with various prayers. Prague, 1837.
Pocket format. Includes, apart from Tefillat HaDerech: Hallel and Musaf for Rosh Chodesh, Kiddush Levanah, the Ten Commandments, Parashat HaMan, Sefirat HaOmer, and more.
Instructions in Yiddish, in Tsene-rene typeface.
[48] leaves. 10 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Original parchment binding, with minor damage.

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Five Megillot – Shir HaShirim, Ruth, Eicha, Kohelet and Esther, with Rashi's commentary. [Naples: Joseph son of Jacob Ashkenazi Gunzenhauser, 1487].
Five Megillot, from an edition of Ketuvim printed by Gunzenhauser. Without title page (opens with a blank page).
The text was printed using three different typefaces: the first verse of Shir HaShirim was printed in Ashkenazic square type, the text of the Megillot in Italian-Sephardic square type and Rashi's commentary in Italian-Sephardic semi-cursive (Rashi) type.
First verse of Shir HaShirim within a decorative vine border.
The printer, Joseph son of Jacob Ashkenazi Gunzenhauser (from Gunzenhausen, Bavaria), was a pioneer in Hebrew printing, active in Italy. He established his printing press in Naples ca. 1487, and passed away in 1490. His son, Azriel, continued operating the press for another two years, until 1492 (the year of the Spanish expulsion). The press produced about 15 Hebrew books.
[29] leaves. Five Megillot originally: [30] leaves (entire Ketuvim: [150] leaves). Lacking last leaf of Shir HaShirim (replaced in photocopy).
24.5 cm. Condition varies. Stains, including large dampstains and dark stains. In Shir HaShirim: minor worming, with almost no damage to text; open tear to last leaf, not affecting text. Wear and marginal tears. In Ruth and Eicha: open marginal tear to first leaf, not affecting text. Minor worming, slightly affecting text. In Kohelet and Esther: extensive worming, with significant damage to text on some leaves. Open tears to all margins of first leaf of Megillat Esther, affecting text, repaired with paper. Tears to several other leaves, repaired with paper. New binding. Worming to binding.

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Rashi's Commentary to the Torah and the Megillot. [Augsburg: Chaim son of David Shachor, 1533].
Incomplete copy. Printed without a title page. Illustrations of a lion and a scorpion at the opening of each chumash and Shir HaShirim.
Several glosses and inscriptions (early Ashkenazic script). Late signature on endpaper.
[138] leaves (originally [191] leaves; lacking 53 leaves: 25 leaves at beginning, 24 leaves in middle and 4 leaves at end). 4-leaf gatherings (each gathering numbered on first page). This copy is lacking gatherings 1-7 (except for three inconsecutive leaves), 24-29, the fourth leaf of gathering 47 and gathering 48 (a 3-leaf gathering). 19 cm. Condition varies (most leaves in good condition, some leaves in fair condition). First two leaves heavily browned. Stains, including dampstains (mold stains to a few leaves). Open tears, affecting text, to first three leaves, repaired in part with paper. Open tears to margins of several other leaves. Old binding.

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