Auction 101 Part 2 Chassidut and Kabbalah | Jerusalem Printings | Letters and Manuscripts | Objects

Collection of Books on Torah and Halachah – Printed in Amsterdam, 1662-1742

Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Five books printed in Amsterdam between 1662-1742, some with signatures and ownership inscriptions.

• Part II and Mahadura Tinyana of Zera Berach, on the Torah and Five Megillot. Amsterdam, [1662]. First edition. Inscriptions on title page.
• Shulchan Aruch, with Be'er HaGolah, Choshen Mishpat part. Amsterdam, [1698]. Large open tears to title page, affecting text. Does not contain engraved half-title. Early leather binding, with clasps.
• Kesef Nivchar, comments on the Torah by R. Avi Ezri Zelig Margaliot. Amsterdam, [1712]. Signature on title page.
• Ir David, sermons on the Torah by R. David Lida. Amsterdam, [1719]. Ex libris label of a Baghdad bookshop on endpaper. Inscription on title page on sale of book to R. "Shlomo son of R. Shmuel" [a rabbi of Yazd, grandson of Mullah Or Shraga], with signatures of both seller and buyer, as well as the signature of his son "David son of R. Shlomo, grandson of the Meor Shraga".
• Perot Ginosar, Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah with Pri Chadash by R. Chizkiyah da Silva and Pri Toar by R. Chaim ibn Attar (the Or HaChaim). Amsterdam, [1742]. First edition of Pri Toar, printed during the author's lifetime. Lacking several leaves at end. Large open tears to first leaves (title page and second leaf mostly lacking). Inscriptions in Persian script, including an ownership inscription dated 1816.

5 books. Size and condition Varies. Good-fair to fair condition. Stains. Wear. Tears and open tears, affecting text. Old bindings and leather bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.