Five Books of the Torah and Haftarot for the entire year, printed in Amsterdam (from two editions):

• Five Books of the Torah, Tikun Sofrim. Amsterdam: Dayan Moshe Frankfurt, [1727]. Five Books of the Torah, in two volumes.
At the beginning of the first volume, the frontispiece is illustrated with a fine engraving, with illustrations from four Biblical episodes: David dancing, David's anointment, Elijah on Mount Carmel and the judgment of Solomon.
Without Five Megillot and Haftarot.
Two volumes. First volume (Bereshit-Shemot): [1], 149 leaves. Second volume: [1], 151-328 leaves. 18.5 cm. Good to good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Light wear. Original leather bindings, with heavy wear and damage (open tears to spine).

• Haftarot for the entire year according to the Sephardic and Ashkenazic rites, with chart of festival readings and charts in Spanish. Amsterdam: printer not indicated, [1726].
Title page illustrated with a fine engraving by Bernard Picart.
Only contains Haftarot volume, from an edition of the Five Books of the Torah printed in Amsterdam.
Three folded leaves of charts in Spanish at the end of the book. The charts are preceded by a divisional title page in Spanish and Hebrew. Amsterdam, 1726.
[1], [328]-446, [4] leaves; 16, [1] pages. 17.5 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Original elegant leather binding, with many gilt decorations and clasps. Damage to binding.

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Ein Yaakov, collection of Aggadot by R. Yaakov ibn Habib, two parts. [Thessaloniki: Yehudah Gedaliah, ca. 1516-1522].
Both parts of the first edition, in two volumes. The first volume was published by the author and the second volume by the author's son, R. Levi ibn Habib. Both parts were printed without a title page.

Two volumes. Volume I: 2-26, 30-57, [2], 58-138, 140-144, 146-198 leaves; 392-394, 385-390, 401-403, 396-403 pages. Missing first leaf and leaves 27-29, pp. 394-395, 404-405 (all four from the last sequence), and [18] last pages. Volume II: 147-310, 315-421, [7] pages (last page is blank), [15] leaves. Missing pp. 1-146, 311-314, and last leaf. Blank leaves bound between the leaves in several places in second volume. Approx. 29 cm. Fair-poor condition. Many stains, including heavy dampstains. Heavy traces of past dampness in second volume, with many mold stains. Heavy wear. Many tears, including open tears affecting text in many places, partially repaired with paper (much tape to first volume). One leaf in the second volume is torn and disconnected. Some of the leaves appear to have been supplied from other copies. Old bindings (non-uniform), damaged (spine of one volume torn).

Provenance: Estate of Prof. Ephraim Elimelech Urbach.

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Responsa of the Maharik, by R. Yosef Colon. [Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1519. First edition]. Missing title page and first leaves.
Colophon on the final page, with date and printer.

R. Yosef Colon – the Maharik (ca. 1420 – 1480), leading Italian rabbi in the 15th century and prominent Halachic authority. Born in France to R. Shlomo, a descendant of Rashi. In his youth he travelled through various Italian towns, serving as a teacher of young children, and already then began issuing halachic rulings. He served as rabbi of Piedmont, where he established a yeshiva. Ca. 1430 he was appointed rabbi of Mantua. His prominent disciples include R. Ovadia of Bartenura, R. Eliyahu Delmedigo, R. Yisrael Ashkenazi, R. Azriel Diena, and others. The Maharik owned a particularly large library, including unknown anthologies of Tosafot and books of the Rishonim. In general, he mentions more books and textual variants than any other halachic authority.

Trimmed glosses in several places from several authors (apparently a Torah scholar from around Eretz Israel in the 18th century; one may be in the handwriting of the Chida). Remains of a signature, with name trimmed.
Signatures to margins of first leaf.
At the beginning of the book are bound two leaves of indices, in late Oriental script.

233 leaves. Missing first [10] leaves, including the title page and list of Shorashim of the responsa. Two manuscript leaves bound at the beginning, with an index of sources from the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah and additional inscriptions. 21.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Many stains, including dampstains and dark stains. A few tears, including an open tear affecting text to one leaf. Worming, slightly affecting text, repaired with paper (worming to inner margins of some leaves). Old binding with leather spine. Wear, tears and heavy damage to binding.

Provenance: Estate of Prof. Ephraim Elimelech Urbach.

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Eliyah Mizrachi, supercommentary to Rashi on the Torah, by R. Eliyahu Mizrachi. Venice: Daniel Bomberg by Cornelio Adelkind, 1545. Second edition.

On leaf 280b is a printed map of Eretz Israel. Colophon on last leaf. Handwritten corrections of printing errors on one leaf.

320 leaves. Approx. 32 cm. Fair-good condition. Many stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Light wear. Tears, including to margin of title page, partially repaired with paper. Worming to several leaves. First gathering slightly loose. Inscription to title page. Early binding, with damage and worming.

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Ma'arechet HaElokut, faith, Kabbalah and Jewish philosophy, attributed to R. Peretz son of Yitzchak of Gerona, with a commentary by R. Yehudah Chayat and "a commentary by someone else". Mantua: Meir son of Efraim of Padua and Yaakov son of Naftali HaKohen of Gazzolo, [Rosh Chodesh Adar II, 1558].

This edition was printed about four months after the first edition was printed in Ferrara (Cheshvan 1557). The difference between the editions is in the "commentary by someone else", which in the first edition was printed as "commentary by an unknown author". In this edition, many sections of the commentary based on Greek philosophy were removed, and much commentary of other authors was added.
In the margins are handwritten references to citations from Zohar and Tikunei Zohar. Notations in the text and a few glosses in Latin on several leaves.

4, 208 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal worming, slightly affecting text on several leaves, partially repaired with paper. Deleted stamps. Ownership inscriptions to title page. New leather binding.

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