Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Four Books from the 16th and 17th Centuries

Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,188
Including buyer's premium
Four books printed in the 16th and 17th centuries. Some damaged copies:
1. LeKol Chefetz, Tikun Shtarot, according to Jewish Custom and Halacha, by Rabbi Eliezer Mili. Venice, [1552]. Printed by Daniel ben Cornelio Edelkind.?[16] leaves. 20 cm. Good-fair condition, restored damages to margins. New binding.
2. Or HaSechel. Midrash Bereshit Raba, with Rashi commentary and a commentary by R. Avraham ben Asher from Safed (disciple of the Beit Yosef). Venice, 1567.
192 leaves. 28 cm. Fair condition. Damages affecting text, some with restorations of text. Leaves cut on the borders of the text of the notations. Stains and wear. Various ancient signatures. New binding.
3. Magen Avraham, homilies for a circumcision, Torah, weddings, thanksgiving, repentance and eulogies, by R. Avraham Laniado (disciple of the Beit Yosef, son-in-law of R. Shmuel Laniado, author of Kli Yakar). Venice, 1603. Printed by Daniel Zanetti.
Bound at the end are homilies for Festivals, leaves 29-44 from the book Midbar Yehuda by R. Yehuda Aryeh of Modena. [Venice, 1602. Printed by Daniel Zanetti].
177 leaves. (Without Leaves 178-180 - list of errata and indexes); 29-44 leaves. 18 cm. Fair condition. Wear and stains, tears and damages affecting text. Ancient signatures in Oriental and Italian Hebrew handwriting. Old damaged binding.
4. Beit Lechem Yehuda. Index of adages of Chazal in Ein Yisrael [Ein Ya'akov], by R. Yehuda Aryeh of Modena. Venice, 1625. Signatures and additions in Oriental handwriting. On the flyleaves are inscriptions of births from 1690-1710.
26 leaves. 27.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Tears and worming. Leaves 25-26 are detached. New binding, slightly worn.
Early Printed Books - 15th to early 17th Centuries
Early Printed Books - 15th to early 17th Centuries