Three Books by R. Menasseh Ben Israel. Amsterdam: 17th Century.
1. De Mortuorum Resurrectione [on the resurrection of the dead]. Amsterdam: Typis & Sumptibus authoris, 1636. Latin.
[12] leaves, 346, [6] pages (mispagination).
2. "צרור החיים – De Termino Vitae" [on the finiteness of life]. Amsterdam, Typis & Sumptibus authoris, 1639. Latin. Bookplate of Heinrich Loewe (Eljakim Ben Yehuda; 1869–1951). Lacking the poem originally printed in this edition, by Jacob Rosales.
[7] leaves. 237, [26] pages (lacking 24 pages at the end of the volume – a poem by Jacob Rosales).
3. Conciliador, o, De la conviniencia de los lugares de la S. Escriptura. Parts III and IV (bound together). Amsterdam: Semuel Ben Israel Soeiro, 1650 and 1651. Spanish.
These parts were printed in Rabbi Menasseh Ben Israel's printing house – considered to be the first Hebrew printing house in Amsterdam (separate title page to each part, with printer's device; the first two parts were published by Nicolaus de Ravesteyn).
[6] leaves, 208, [3] pages; [4] leaves, 201, [7] pages. 19 cm.

Rabbi Menashe Ben Israel (1604–1657), rabbi, preacher and statesman, born in France, founder of the first Hebrew printing press in Amsterdam. Restlessly worked for the benefit of the Jewish diaspora.
In 1655 a convention was held in England, headed by Oliver Cromwell, to deal with the Jews' right to return to England. Menasseh Ben Israel was invited to England by Cromwell as a representative of the Jewish community, to participate in the discussions, and had a decisive contribution to the re-establishment of a Jewish community in England, after the expulsion ordered by King Edward I.

Condition varies. The books were not thoroughly inspected, and are sold as is.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.433, NHB.439, NHB.111.