1. Olat Shabbat, Shabbat sermons, by Yoel Ebn Shueib. Venice, [1577]. Only edition.
[8], 160 leaves, 29 cm. Good condition. Title page’s edges are damaged and restored. Few stains and light moth damage. Ownership inscriptions in Italian handwriting on the title page. Antique parchment binding.
2. Akedat Yitzchak, explanations and commentaries on the Pentateuch, [Rabbi Yitzchak son of Moshe Arama]. Venice, [1565]. Third edition, based on the Venice 1547 edition, “conform and identical to the Bomberg print”. Some of the title page’s letters were printed in red ink. Forewords and a poem praising the book by Rabbi Menachem Port Ha-Cohen appear on the back of the title page.
350 leaves, 29 cm. Good condition, stains. Tears on the edges of a few leaves. Title page’s margins aren’t original. Antique signatures on the top part of the title page. Worn binding with leather spine.
3. Torat Moshe, Innovative commentaries and explanation on the Parshiot, Rabbi Moshe Alshich. Venice, [1601].
Forewords by Rabbi Baruch Calimani; Approbations from Venice sages at the end of the book.
86; [1], 86-158; 163-324 leaves (complete book), 28.5 cm. Good condition. First leaves are torn and restored. Leaves 6-7 are detached and damaged (apparently were added from another copy), light moth damage. Few inscriptions and signatures in Italian handwriting.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman’s private collection.