Issur VeHeter, by R. Yonah Ashkenazi of Regensburg. Ferrara: Abraham ibn Usque, [1555]. First edition.
Title page states that the book was authored by R. Yonah (the book was occasionally misattributed to Rabbenu Yonah Gerondi). This book, which is also known as Issur VeHeter HaAroch, was authored by R. Yonah son of R. Isserl Ashkenazi, a Torah scholar of Regensburg, and dayan in the Beit Din of R. Yisrael Bruna. R. Yonah was the disciple and mechutan of R. Yisrael Isserlein, author of Terumat HaDeshen. Issur VeHeter HaAroch became one of the primary sources of Halachic rulings on Kashrut for Ashkenazi Jews.
Usque's printer's device at center of title page.
Signature on title page (in Italian script).
[174] leaves. Gathering 11 bound before gathering 10. 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains and traces of past dampness (with mold on several leaves). Open tears to title page and other leaves at beginning and end of book, affecting border and text on verso of title page, repaired with paper. Some worming to title page, repaired with paper. New leather binding.
The present copy includes the final two leaves of errata, which are lacking in many copies.

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Kol Bo. Venice: Giorgio di Cavalli, 1567.
Kol Bo is an early halachic work, printed anonymously. Over the years, the identity of its author was subject to dispute. Today it is considered an early edition of the work Orchot Chaim by R. Aharon HaKohen.
Signatures on the title page. Gloss in Italian script on p. 84a (slightly trimmed).
4; 158 leaves. 26.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Mold stains to several leaves. Non-original binding.

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Ibur Shanim, on the Hebrew calendar, by R. Yissachar ibn Susan. Venice: Zuan di Gara, [1579].
The author, R. Yissachar son of R. Mordechai ibn Susan (ca. 1510-1580) was born in Fez, Morocco. He immigrated to Jerusalem and studied in the yeshiva of the Ralbach, R. Levi ibn Habib, later settling in Safed. In ca. 1538, he travelled abroad, passing through Turkey, Salonika, and elsewhere. He then composed his book on the Hebrew calendar, recording the unique customs of the Maghrebi community in Safed which he belonged to. He writes that he once ruled regarding the Torah reading in his synagogue in the presence of R. Yosef Karo, and the latter didn't raise any objection. The book was first printed with many errors and omissions in 1564 under the title Tikkun Yissachar; the present edition is the amended edition. The book features diagrams for calculating moladot and tekufot.
Various ownership inscriptions and signatures, some deleted or damaged. At the top of the title page, signature (partially torn) of R. Yochanan Hirsch Schlank (1815-1884, head and founder of communal institutions in Jerusalem, disciple of the Chatam Sofer). Additional inscription on the title page, of "Yitzchak [Farhi?]" (possibly R. Yitzchak Farhi, Torah scholar and kabbalist in Jerusalem in times of the Maharit Algazi), and inscription: "From the Zera Yitzchak yeshiva". On verso of title page, signature and familial inscription of R. Yaakov ibn Tzahal, Torah scholar and kabbalist in Jerusalem during that period. Other signatures and inscriptions.
136 leaves. 19 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including large, dark dampstains. Extensive worming, affecting text. Old binding, damaged.

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Milei DeAvot, commentary on Tractate Avot, by R. Yosef Hayun. Venice: Daniel Zanetti, [1600]. Second edition.
Text of the Mishnah vocalized, surrounded by commentary in Rashi script.
Signature on title page. Ownership inscription (partially trimmed) on title page. Gloss in Italian script on p. 56b.
68 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Marginal open tears to title page, and minor marginal open tears to several other leaves, not affecting text, repaired with paper. Worming to title page and several other leaves, slightly affecting text, repaired with paper. Inscriptions. Stamps. New binding.

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Yad Yosef, homiletics on the Torah portions and for various occasions, by R. Yosef Tzarfati. Venice: Giovanni Cajon, [1616-1617]. First edition.
The book was reprinted in Amsterdam 1700-1701, and was accepted by subsequent generations. It is quoted extensively in homiletic and Chassidic works, in particular by the Pri Megadim who greatly cherished it.
The present copy contains many dozens of glosses in Italian script, some lengthy, by an unidentified writer. The writer expands upon the words of the author, on many occasions when the latter wrote briefly or obscurely, and adds his own novellae to the words of the author.
287, [13] leaves. 27 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and wear. Worming, affecting text. Paper repairs in several places. Many detached leaves. Censor's signature on title page. Without binding.

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