Auction No. 098
Holy books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical & Admors letters, Americana & Judiaca
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A Book of Tehillim printed [written incorrectly in the Hebrew!] with extreme accuracy and in new and pleasant print, Liber, editionem Hooghtianem accuratissime, Psalmorum adornata. London, 1825.
Specifications: [45] leaves. 15 cm. Handwritten glosses in Latin.
Unique Features: A rare and special copy. Interleaved copy: Between each printed leaf is a blank leaf, apparently meant for writing comments by hand, or in preparation for printing a translation. The blank leaves are thicker than the printed leaves. 14 blank pages were originally bound before the title page, it seems that they were also added for writing comments or names to pray for.
Content: The Tehillim were printed without vowels, in two columns, from column 413 to column 456. With cantillation. The chapter numbers are in Hebrew and Latin.
Background: The numbering of the columns leads us to understand that the book before us is part of a Bible, whose book of Tehillim was also printed separately. It is possible that the Bible was recorded in Vinograd-Rosenfeld, number 75012, according to a copy from the Tel Aviv University Library.
Condition: Very fine. A few aging stains. Original semi-leather and marbled paper binding, slightly scuffed.
Haftarot for the entire year per the Ashkenazic customs, flanked by the summarized commentary of Rashi and Radak and the Beer Yitzchak commentary.
Specifications: [3], 131 leaves. 18 cm. First edition.
Content: Book of Haftarot with the laws and customs of the haftarot by Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik son of Yehuda Leib Mais, Rabbi in Mergentheim and in Speyer.
Condition: Fine. New binding. Blemishes to the title page and light blemishes to a number of first and last leaves.
Chamisha Chumshei Torah in Yiddish by Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Janow.
Specifications: [2], 198 leaves. 32 cm. Quality paper.
Unique features: The entire work was printed in Yiddish. Title page in an architectural border. Uncommon, early edition of this noted work.
Condition: The leaves of the book are in very fine condition, other than a professional repair to the title page. Minimal aging stains. New, half-leather binding.
![Tanach. Mikraot Gedolot. Venice, Di Gara Press. [1568]. Four Volumes. Impressive copy](https://winners-files.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/sale_098-public/147.jpg)
Tanach Mikraot Gedolot with commentaries of Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Ralbag, Rabbeinu Saadya Gaon, Radak and Mesorah. Venice, Di Gara press. [1568].
Specifications: Four volumes. Torah and five megillot: [6] 228, 819-861. Early Prophets: [1] 234-441. Later Prophets: [1] 442-685. Writings: [1], 688 – 817 [five megillot bound at the end of the Torah] 863-926, 7 [1]; 66 leaves, 38 cm.
Haberman-Yudlov, Hamadpis Juan Di Gara V'Reshimat Sifrei Beit Defuso, 10. Vinograd, Venice 559.
Unique Features: Early, extremely prominent edition of the Mikraot Gedolot. The printers wrote that they were careful not to make the same mistakes as in previous editions. Each volume has a separate title page within an architectural border – a copperplate engraving. Half title page for the five megillot in which the printers write that they printed the megillot separately so that each person could bind them with the section that they preferred. Complete copy, including all the introductions, Mesorah Gedola and Targum Yerushalmi on the Torah.
Condition: Very fine. Four magnificent leather bindings. Blemishes to solitary letters in the chumash, very few worming holes. A few leaves were taken from a different copy.
![Tanach. Amsterdam, printed by Immanuel Benveniste. [1653]. Especially rare edition](https://winners-files.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/sale_098-public/148_1.jpg)
![Tanach. Amsterdam, printed by Immanuel Benveniste. [1653]. Especially rare edition](https://winners-files.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/sale_098-public/148_2.jpg)
![Tanach. Amsterdam, printed by Immanuel Benveniste. [1653]. Especially rare edition](https://winners-files.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/styles/gallery-small-thumb/s3/sale_098-public/148_1.jpg?itok=GLLAIzpf)
![Tanach. Amsterdam, printed by Immanuel Benveniste. [1653]. Especially rare edition](https://winners-files.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/styles/gallery-small-thumb/s3/sale_098-public/148_2.jpg?itok=8xbiehQL)
Torah, Prophets and Writings in two volumes with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos.
Specifications: Chamisha Chumshei Torah and five megillot. 221 [should say 321] leaves. Leaves 290-321 feature the five megillot with a half title page.
Early Prophets: [1] 325-463 leaves.
Later Prophets: 192 [should say: 194] leaves.
Writings: [1] 197 [should say: 196]- 400 leaves. The Book of Psalms is printed in two columns.
19 cm. Separate title page for each section. The chumash was printed along with the Ba'al HaTurim and Mesorah.
Unique features: Especially rare edition. The editors of the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book saw only two sections. They copied the other sections from Steinshneider 590, with mistakes. The National Library does not have a complete copy.
The Tanach was proofread by Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas, a noted opponent of Shabtai Zvi. An additional asset to this edition is mentioned on some title pages: The verse numbers are also written by Rashi's commentary, in the margins of the page, facing the commentary.
Condition: Moderate-fine. Aging stains. Minimal marginal worming holes. Professional restoration to the Torah section, primarily to the margins of the title page and a number of first leaves. The exterior section of some leaves [about 30] at the end of Writings have been blemished. The blemished paper has been replaced, and the text has been filled in by hand. There are damp marks on the pages with replacement paper. the two volumes have been rebound in nice, new bindings and are placed in a matching slipcase.
Torah, Prophets and Writings in Yiddish, translated and elucidated by Yekutiel Blitz. Printed at the press of Uri Fayvish HaLevi.
Specifications: [6] 54, [1], 56-63, [1], 64-117 [1] 119-193, [1], 195-256 [marked 249], 30 cm.
Missing 18 leaves of the last pagination.
Unique features: First edition of the Tanach translated into Yiddish. At the same time, the "Witzenhausen Edition" of the Tanach was printed, generating a controversy that eventually involved the "Va'ad Arba Ha'aratzot" and the Dutch government. Refer to: A. Haberman: Perakim B'Toldot HaMadpisim HaIvri'im, p. 300-307. The title pages list the years 1676-1678. With the privilege from King John III. Sobieski of Poland, in Latin and Yiddish and approbations from the rabbis of the "Vaad Arba Ha'aratzot" and the rabbis and sages of the Sephardic community in Amsterdam.
Separate title pages for Torah, five megillot, Early Prophets, Later Prophets and Writings. Missing the front, inclusive title page.
Condition: Moderate-fine. Blemishes to the title page margins of the Torah sections. Aging stains. Antiquated, blemished leather binding.
The Book of Yonah, with Targum Yonatan, the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak and Abarbanel, and with Mesorah Ketana and Gedolah, with a short Hebrew-Latin dictionary.
Specifications: 83 [20] pages, 15 cm. Complete.
Unique Features: Extremely rare, comments in ancient handwriting.
Content: The book has an extra title page in Latin with an additional title page: The Book of Yonah. Jonas illustratus... cura atque studio Frid. Alb. Christiani, Judaei Conversi. With a poem in Hebrew from the 'transcriber' to the educated young men who assisted with this work. F.A.C. the apostate Christiani. With the names of the young men who helped, in Latin. Followed by the short dictionary.
Condition: Very fine. A few aging stains. Magnificent leather binding.
![[Trei Asar - The Twelve] [1597?] Published by Plantiniana, at the press of Raphelengii. Exceptionally rare](https://winners-files.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/sale_098-public/151_1.jpg)
![[Trei Asar - The Twelve] [1597?] Published by Plantiniana, at the press of Raphelengii. Exceptionally rare](https://winners-files.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/sale_098-public/151_2.jpg)
![[Trei Asar - The Twelve] [1597?] Published by Plantiniana, at the press of Raphelengii. Exceptionally rare](https://winners-files.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/styles/gallery-small-thumb/s3/sale_098-public/151_1.jpg?itok=QKbF5AJY)
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[Trei Asar - The Twelve]. [Leiden], published by Plantiniana, at the press of Raphelengii [1597?].
Specifications: 188 [1] pages, 11 cm.
Unique features: This copy is in rare condition; it looks as if was printed yesterday. Though the two sections were printed in different years, they were bound together a long time ago, and their edges were painted red.
Content: Printed without a title page. Hosea opens with a small, framed initial letter. Each verse is marked with a number. No translation or commentaries. The colophon notes: Franciscus Raphelengius. Anno cI, IIIC. :Excudebat typis Plantinianis. Refer to the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, entry 000304544.
Bound with: Mishlei Shlomo...[Leiden], Raphelengii press, 1608.
Specifications: [42] leaves, 11 cm.
Content: The title page lists: Proverbia Salomonis, Iob, Canticu Canticorum, Ruth, Lamentationes, Jeremiah, Ecclesiastes, Esther. However, this copy only has Proverbs. Every fifth verse is marked with a letter.
Condition: Very fine-excellent. Old, slightly scuffed, marbleized paper binding.