Auction 62 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
By Kedem
Aug 28, 2018
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 57:

Four Books Printed in Venice in the 16th–17th Centuries – Important Signatures

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Four Books Printed in Venice in the 16th–17th Centuries – Important Signatures
Four books printed in Venice in the 16th to early 17th centuries. Incomplete copies, with important and interesting signatures:
1. Recanati commentary on the Torah. [Venice]: Justinian, [1545]. Ownership inscription signed by R. Yaakov Tzulatz (a Tunisian scholar); signature of "E. Deinard" (Efraim Deinard).
2-234 leaves (originally 235 leaves, missing title page and last leaf).
2. Responsa of the Ralbach – R. Levi ibn Habib. [Venice, 1565]. First edition. Owner's signature on p. 16a in ancient Ashkenazi script (from the period of the printing): "Yosef Kohen of Port Rapa" (of the famous family of Kohanim: Rapa-port).
2-209, [1], 217-318, [1] leaves – copy missing 7 leaves at the beginning and 9 leaves at the end, originally: [6], 209, [1], 217-328 leaves.
3. Toldot Aharon, Index of biblical verses mentioned in the Talmud, Part 1. Venice: [Zuan (Giovanni) Di Gara] for Bragadin, 1591. Ownership stamps of R. David Yehuda Leib Zilberstein, Rabbi of Vac (who perished in the Holocaust, author of Yad David. Son and successor of R. Yeshaya Zilberstein, author of Maasai LaMelech).
84, 86-87 leaves. Several leaves are damaged, missing leaf 85 (originally: 87 leaves). Contemporary parchment binding, damaged.
4. Responsa of Rabbeinu Asher (the Rosh). Venice: Zanito Zanetti, 1607. Illustrated title page. Third edition with additions. Owners' signatures: "I, the young Tzemach Dora"; R. "Yosef son of R. Nehorai Azubib" (scholar and kabbalist, one of the Algerian sages of the 18th century, see Malchei Yeshurun, p. 31).
Missing leaves from the additions and indexes at the end. This copy contains 180 leaves + a detached gathering of 10 damaged leaves (2-11) of the index section completed from a different copy (originally: 180; 2; 11, [6] leaves).
4 books, size and condition vary. General condition: good to fair.

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