Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Even Bochan, ethics, by R. Kalonymus son of Kalonymus (Rabbenu Kalonymus HaZaken). [Naples: Joseph son of Jacob Ashkenazi, end of Elul 1489]. First edition. Incunabulum.
Incomplete copy.
The printer, Joseph son of Jacob Ashkenazi Gunzenhauser (from Gunzenhausen, Bavaria), was a pioneer in Hebrew printing, active in Italy in the early years of printing. His press produced all of 15 Hebrew titles. The editor and proofreader of this book was R. Yom Tov son of Peretz (Bonfoi) Zarfati.
There was a printing error in the first copies of this edition – pages [32a]-[33b] were printed in the wrong order (the correct order is 33b, 32b, 33a, 32a). This error was later rectified, and the remaining copies were printed correctly. This copy contains the uncorrected leaves.
Incomplete copy: [21] leaves (originally: [50] leaves. Lacking 29 leaves). Leaves present: [15-19], [22-27], [29-36], [39], [42] (leaves 3-7 of gathering 3, leaves 2-7 of gathering 4, gathering 5 complete [8 leaves], leaves 3 and 6 of gathering 6). 18.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Most leaves complete. Marginal open tears to several leaves, not affecting text. Open tear to final leaf, affecting text. Several other tears. Most tears repaired with paper. New binding (with leather spine).
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![Torat HaAdam, laws of mourning, with Shaar HaGemul, by R. Moshe son of Nachman (the Ramban). [Constantinople, 1518]. First ed](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/30.jpg "Torat HaAdam by the Ramban – First Edition – Constantinople, 1518")
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.
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Meir Nativ, by R. Yitzchak Natan. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1523.
First Hebrew concordance.
The first Christian concordance was compiled in the mid-13th century by Hugo de Sancto Charo, assisted by hundreds of Dominicans. Some two hundred years later, R. Yitzchak Natan recognized the need for a Hebrew concordance, both as an aid to defend Judaism in frequent disputations with the Christians, and to generally encourage the study of the Bible.
Signatures on first leaf and on title page.
[406] leaves (50 numbered gatherings of 8 leaves each, final gathering – 5 leaves; extra leaf in gathering 11). 37.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming to several leaves, affecting text. Closed and open tears to title page and several leaves (slightly affecting border), repaired with paper. Old binding, damaged.
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Pirkei Eliyahu, principles of Hebrew grammar – Capitula Cantici Specierum, Proprietatum & Officiorum, by R. Eliyahu Bachur, with Latin foreword and translation, by Sebastian Münster. Basel: [Froben], 1527. Second edition. Hebrew and Latin on facing pages.
Handwritten notes (in Latin), and markings in margins and body of text.
[97] leaves. Lacking one leaf in middle (leaf [56]). 16.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Dark ink stains to leaf edges. Minor wear. Wormhole through some 35 leaves, affecting text. Inscriptions. New binding.
From the collection of Dan Yardeni.
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Sefer HaTishbi, Opusculum Recens Hebraicum, lexicon of Hebrew words, by the grammarian R. Eliyahu HaLevi Ashkenazi (R. Eliyahu Bachur). Isnae (Isny, Germany): Paulus Fagius, 1541. First edition. Hebrew and Latin on facing pages. The Hebrew text is vocalized. Latin title page and preface. Colophon and printer's device of Paulus Fagius on final page.
This copy contains [24] pages at the beginning of the book, with additional poems in Latin and Hebrew, and a Hebrew title page. These pages do not appear in all copies.
Sone Latin glosses.
[24], 199, 100-275, 269-271, [5] pages. Mispagination. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains, including minor dampstains. Open tear to second leaf, repaired with paper. Open tear close to text on one leaf. New binding.
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![Dikduk Eliyahu HaLevi (Sefer HaBachur), principles of Hebrew grammar, by R. Eliyahu Bachur. Isny: PB [Paulus Fagius], 1542. S](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/34.jpg "Dikduk Eliyahu HaLevi – Isny, 1542 – Signature of Rabbi Isaac Berlin")
Dikduk Eliyahu HaLevi (Sefer HaBachur), principles of Hebrew grammar, by R. Eliyahu Bachur. Isny: PB [Paulus Fagius], 1542. Second, expanded edition.
Signature on title page of R. Isaac Berlin (1793-1865), a Torah scholar and grammarian in Hamburg, son of R. Elazar Lazi Rabbi of the Three Communities. His annotations to the machzor of R. Wolf Heidenheim were published in the Hanover 1838-1839 edition.
Several handwritten marginal emendations.
102, [1] pages. 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Minor marginal tears, including open tears, and open tear to upper margin of title page, not affecting text. Minor worming, minutely affecting text. Early parchment binding, damaged, partially detached.
From the collection of Dan Yardeni.
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Commentary on the Five Megillot, with commentaries on Tehillim, Mishlei, Iyov, Daniel, Ezra and Divrei HaYamim, by R. Yosef ibn Yahya. Bologna: "The Partners" [Silk Weaver's Guild – Menachem son of Avraham of Modena, Yechiel son of Shlomo of Verona and Aryeh son of Shlomo Chaim of Monselice], [1538].
Glosses in Italian script in several places. Entire paragraphs expunged by censorship in several places.
At the end of the books of Tehillim and Mishlei, stamps of Professor Lelio (Hillel) Della Torre (1805-1871), Italian rabbi, teacher and scholar who belonged to the circle of Samuel David Luzzatto
40, 121 [i.e. 122] leaves. 29 cm. Good condition. Stains (dampstains to several leaves). Worming, not affecting text, repaired in part with paper. Inscriptions. Stamps. Old binding.
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Neveh Shalom, philosophical composition, on the topics of faith, Kabbalah and nature, Torah attributes, prophecy and sacrifices, by R. Avraham son of R. Yitzchak Shalom (Spanish scholar, died in Spain in the year of the expulsion). Constantinople: Eliezer ben Gershom Soncino, [1538-1539]. First edition.
Colophon on the last page: "Completed on Friday 13th Sivan [1539]".
Signature on the first leaf: "Meir Santi" (possibly R. Meir Santa, Rabbi of Nagykanizsa. See: Ishim BiTshuvot Chatam Sofer, p. 250). Two unidentified signatures on the last page.
[191] leaves. Originally: [196] leaves. Lacking title page and four leaves [181-184]. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and dampstains. A few tears. Minor worming. Original leather binding, slightly damaged.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records [194] leaves, whereas OCLC records [196] leaves. Comparison of this copy to a digitized copy on the HebrewBooks website confirms that the book indeed originally comprised [196] leaves.
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Responsa of R. Nissim Gerondi. Rome: Isaac de Lattes, Benjamin d'Arignano and Antonio Blado, 1545-1546.
First edition of Responsa of the Ran, printed based on a single manuscript
The book includes glosses by the publisher R. Yitzchak de Lattes, and his answer to a question unanswered in the manuscript.
Incomplete copy. 173, [14] pages. Lacking [10] leaves (pp. 11-12, 17-33), of [33] pages of the index (unpaginated) at end of book. Approx. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Minor tear with slight damage to text on one leaf. Creases. Censorship expurgations (faded). Handwritten inscriptions. Old binding, partially detached.
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![Responsa of the Rashba, by R. Shlomo son of Aderet. Venice: Justinian, 1545-[1546]. Calligraphic signature on p. 2a, with an](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/38_1.jpg "Responsa of the Rashba – Venice, 1545-1546")
![Responsa of the Rashba, by R. Shlomo son of Aderet. Venice: Justinian, 1545-[1546]. Calligraphic signature on p. 2a, with an](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/38_2.jpg "Responsa of the Rashba – Venice, 1545-1546")
Responsa of the Rashba, by R. Shlomo son of Aderet. Venice: Justinian, 1545-[1546].
Calligraphic signature on p. 2a, with an inscription in Latin characters, dated 1730.
192 leaves. 27 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Minor worming, slightly affecting text. Tears to several leaves, repaired with paper (affecting text in one place). Old binding.
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Sefer HaShorashim, roots of the Holy Tongue, by R. David Kimchi (the Radak) with explanations by R. Eliyahu Bachur. Venice: Justinian (Giustiniani), 1546-1548.
The title page is dated Marcheshvan 1546, but the printing was only completed in Adar 1548, as stated in R. Eliyahu Bachur's poem at the end of the book.
Title page with Latin title: Thesaurus Linguae Sanctae.
[2] pages, 5-548 columns, [1] page. 30 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming. Closed and open tears to title page, first leaves and final leaf, slightly affecting border and text, repaired in part with paper. Signature (trimmed) on title page. Latin inscriptions. Censorship deletions. New binding.
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Halachot Gedolot. Venice: Marco Antonio Giustiniani, 1548. First edition.
One of the first halachic works authored after the completion of the Talmud, during the Geonic period. The identity of the author, who is quoted extensively by the Rishonim, is subject to dispute.
Censorship inscription on final leaf.
On verso of final leaf, ownership inscription of a woman in early Ashkenazic script.
[2], 105, 107-110, 112-144 leaves. Lacking four leaves: [2] leaves of forewords, and leaves 106 and 111 (leaves 106 and 111 replaced in handwriting, in neat Italian script). 28.5 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Open tear to corner of title page, slightly affecting border. Old binding.
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