Mishnayot, with Rashi, and the Etz Chaim commentary by R. Yisrael Yaakov Hagiz. Livorno: Yedidia son of R. Yitzchak Gabbai author of Kaf Nachat, 1654-1656. Four of six volumes (Nashim, Nezikin, Kodashim and Taharot; without Zera'im-Moed).
First edition, published by the author shortly before he immigrated to Eretz Israel and established his famous yeshiva in Jerusalem.
Ownership inscriptions in Italian script.
Four volumes. Nashim: 223 leaves. Nezikin: 302 leaves. Kodashim: 272 leaves. Taharot: 368 leaves. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Worming, affecting text. Marginal tears. Tear to one leaf of vol. I, affecting text. Tear to final leaf of last volume, affecting text and ornament. Several detached leaves. Inscriptions. Original leather bindings, partially detached (Kodashim and Taharot vols.). Damage and worming to bindings.
• Enclosed: 15 leaves from Moed volume: leaves 57-72 (Tractate Shabbat). Stains, tears and wear.

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Yalkut Reuveni, anthology of kabbalistic and ethical passages from various books, arranged in alphabetical order, by R. Reuven Hoshke Katz. Prague: Sons of Jacob Bak, [1660]. First edition.
The author, R. Reuven Hoshke Katz (d. 1673) was a kabbalist and preacher, a Torah scholar of Prague. Grandson of R. Shlomo Efraim of Lunschitz, author of Kli Yakar.
Stamps and handwritten inscriptions of the Etz Chaim Beit Midrash of the Ashkenazi community in Amsterdam.
[162] leaves. Approx. 18 cm. Title page and other leaves browned. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Dark stains to title page and other leaves. Worming, slightly affecting text. Wear and minor marginal tears to some leaves. Tears to several leaves, with paper repairs on text and in margins. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. Old binding, with leather spine.

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Beit Shmuel, on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer, by R. Shmuel son of Uri Shraga Phoebus of Wodzisław. Dyhernfurth: R. Shabbetai Meshorer [Bass] of Prague, 1689. First edition.
On the title page, three signatures of R. Yoel Pincherle. Two of them were deleted and replaced with the signature of R. Shlomo son of R. Yisrael Bassan. At the top of the title page, inscription in Italian by R. Bassan, mentioning the city of Verona.
The book contains several glosses in Italian script, mostly trimmed, from several writers. Some of them may have been written by R. Yoel Pincherle.
R. Shlomo Bassan (1670/1680 – after 1757), a rabbi of Verona. He was presumably the son of R. Yisrael Chizkiyahu Bassan and the brother of R. Yeshayahu Bassan (teacher of the Ramchal).
R. Yoel Pincherle was a rabbi and shochet in Verona and Alessandria in the first half of the 18th century.
[1], 63, 65-80 [i.e. 70], 75-85, 87-160 leaves. Lacking leaves 71-74. Misfoliation. 30 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming, not affecting text. Marginal tears to several leaves. Margins of one leaf trimmed with damage to text. Old binding, damaged.

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Mateh Dan – Kuzari Sheni, demonstrating the authenticity of the Oral Law, by R. David Nieto. London: Thomas Ilive, 1714. First edition.
The first edition was printed in three variants: Hebrew only, Spanish only, and Hebrew with Spanish. The present volume contains the combined edition – Hebrew with Spanish.
R. David Nieto (1654-1728), Torah scholar well versed in science. Dayan, preacher and physician in Livorno, and later first rabbi of the Sephardi community in London.
The book was originally printed with two engraved title pages, one in Hebrew and one in Spanish. The present copy comprises the Spanish title page only.
[9], 254 leaves. Lacking: Hebrew title page and leaf [10] (a blank leaf is bound between leaves [7-8]). 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. New leather binding.
One of the first Hebrew books printed in England.

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Responsa Tashbetz, three parts, by R. Shimon son of Tzemach Duran. With Responsa Chut HaMeshulash, by the grandsons of the author. Amsterdam: Naftali Hertz Levi, [1738-1739]. First edition. With four title pages; the first title page is engraved and depicts Moses and Aaron, David and Solomon.
Inscription and signature on the verso of the title page of part IV.
Several glosses and ownership inscriptions (partially deleted).
[11], 91; 69, [1]; 68, [1]; [1], 36; [2], 39-83; [1], 85-101, [1] leaves. 31 cm. Majority of book in good condition, title page and several other leaves in fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text, repaired with paper. Open tears to first and final leaves (along margins), affecting text, repaired in part with paper. Inscriptions. Stamps. New binding, incorporating original leather binding ("fish skin" binding).
This edition has several variants, which can be differentiated by the number of title pages. Some copies are known to have seven title pages, while others were printed with only four title pages (such as the present copy. See Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, and see article by Dan and Gita Yardeni, Alei Sefer, X, pp. 119-132).
Copy of Dan Yardeni, who researched the various editions of Tashbetz (see above).

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