Principio de sciencia: ou, gramathica hebrayca por hum methodo breue, claro, facil, e distincto, by R. Shlomo Yehudah Leon Templo. Amsterdam: Ymanuël Athias, 1703. Portuguese.
Work for study of Hebrew grammar by R. Shlomo Yehudah Leon Templo (d. 1733), an Amsterdam Torah scholar in the early 18th century. Son of R. Yaakov Yehudah Leon Templo (1603-after 1675), known for his pioneering scientific work on the structure of the Tabernacle and Temple (which earned his family the name Templo). R. Shlomo Yehudah was a disciple of R. Yitzchak Aboab de Fonseca, and worked as a proofreader at the famous press of Immanuel Athias.

63, [1] pages. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Parchment wrapper, slightly worn and partially detached.
Rare. To the best of our knowledge and research, this item has not been auctioned off in recent decades (the last documented auction took place in 1926).

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Shaar Gan Eden, foundations of kabbalah, by R. Yaakov Koppel Lipshitz of Mezeritch. Korets: Avraham son of Yitzchak Eizik and Eliyahu son of Yaakov [HaLevi], [1803]. First edition. With an approbation by R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev.

The books of R. Yaakov Koppel of Mezeritch, Shaar Gan Eden and the Kol Yaakov siddur, are adapted and edited compilations of the writings of R. Moshe Cordovero, R. Chaim Vital and R. Yisrael Sarug, with the addition of his own novellae. They were held in exceptionally high regard by the Baal Shem Tov and other prominent Chassidic leaders, who quote from them extensively.
Handwritten inscription on title page.

[2], 84 leaves. 31.5 cm. Bluish paper. Fair condition. Many stains, including dampstains. Heavy worming, affecting text, partially restored with paper filling. Open tears to margins of title page and additional leaves, slightly affecting text of several leaves, restored with paper filling. Last leaf disconnected. New leather binding.

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Shaar HaYichudim, with Tzaddik Yesod Olam, commentary on Megillat Ruth, and commentary on Shabbat songs, by R. Chaim Vital, based on the teachings of the Arizal. Lviv: M. F. Poremba, 1855.

Large illustrated amulet for plagues from the Arizal on p. 32b.
R. Yehudah Leib Rappaport, who prepared the book for press, tells in his introduction that Rebbe Avraham Yaakov of Sadigura instructed him to print the book, and that Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin and other Tzaddikim purchased the amulets mentioned in the book from him.
Additional amulets and kabbalistic illustrations.
On leaves 52b-58 is a commentary on the Arizal's songs Azamer BiShvachin, Asader LiSeudata and Bnei Heichala.
This book is labeled Part I on the title page, but Part II was never actually printed.

[2], 44, 47-58 leaves. 23.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Wear. Heavy worming, affecting text. Marginal open tears to several leaves. Inscriptions. Erased stamp on title page. New leather binding.

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Collection of 34 kabbalistic books, printed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

34 books. Varying size and condition. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.

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Tractate Avot, with commentaries by Rashi and the Vilna Gaon; Avot DeRabbi Natan, and the minor tractates: Sofrim, Semachot, Kallah, Derech Eretz Rabbah, Derech Eretz Zuta and Perek HaShalom, corrected according to the text of the Vilna Gaon. Shklow, [1804]. First edition.

The book was brought to press by the sons of the Vilna Gaon, R. Yehudah Leib and R. Avraham, and compiled by his disciple, the kabbalist R. Menachem Mendel of Shklow. The book begins with an important foreword by R. Menachem Mendel, in which he relays several extraordinary points that he heard from his teacher, the Vilna Gaon.
Leaves 3-24: Tractate Avot, the Mishnah occupying the center of the pages, with the commentaries of Rashi and the Vilna Gaon on each side. Leaves 25-50: Tractate Avot DeRabbi Natan, based on the text and corrections of the Vilna Gaon. The center of the page is occupied by the text corrected by the Vilna Gaon, with the old, unedited version printed on the side. Leaves 51-82: Minor Tractates in the same format, the corrected text occupying the center of the page, with the old version on the side.

Signature of "Yissachar Ber of Vilna" on the title page – possibly R. Yissachar Ber, posek in Vilna, disciple of the Vilna Gaon, author of Maaseh Rav.

R. Yissachar Ber (1779-1855), son of R. Tanchum, Rabbi of Orla. He studied in the Kloiz of the Vilna Gaon, where he learned Torah under him. He was appointed posek in Vilna in 1817 alongside R. Avraham Abele Posweller, R. Shaul Katzenellenbogen and the Chayei Adam, and was eventually recognized as foremost posek in the city. He is particularly renowned for his book Maaseh Rav, in which he records the practices of his teacher the Vilna Gaon. His son R. Eliyahu Peretz (1806-1867) succeeded him as posek in Vilna.

78, 81-82 leaves. Missing leaves 79-80. 21.5 cm. Most leaves in good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming to title page and additional leaves, affecting text. Small open tears to several leaves, and tears affecting text to last leaf. Stamps. Old binding, with damage and a tear to the spine.

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