Yosef Tehillot, commentary on Tehillim, by R. Chaim Yosef David Azulai – the Chida. Livorno: Eliezer Saadon, [1801]. First edition.
The book includes the text of the Psalms, together with the Chida's commentary, which he noted for himself whilst reciting Tehillim.
The prayers preceding and following the recital of Tehillim (from the book Kitzur Shelah) were edited by the Chida, who also added kavanot. Prayer orders for the sick and in memory of the deceased are printed here for the first time.
144 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming. Closed and open tears to title page and other leaves, not affecting text. Old binding, damaged.

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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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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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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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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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