Levush – Venice, 1620 – Complete Set

Levush – Venice, 1620 – Complete Set
Sifrei HaLevushim, by R. Mordechai Yoffe. Four parts: Levush HaTechelet and Levush HaChur – on Orach Chaim; Levush Ateret Zahav – on Yoreh De'ah; Levush HaButz VehaArgaman – on Even HaEzer; Levush Ir Shushan – on Choshen Mishpat. Venice: Giovanni Cajon for Bragadini, 1620.
Four parts in three volumes. Complete set.
At the beginning of the Orach Chaim section is an introduction by the proofreader, R. Yehuda Aryeh of Modena. Approbations from eight Venetian rabbis, R. Yehuda Aryeh of Modena and others, are found at the end of the Even HaEzer section.
Inscriptions and signatures. On the title page of Levush HaButz VehaArgaman and on the subsequent leaf, signatures of "Uziel Alhayik" (the great scholar R. Uziel Alhayik, prominent Tunisian rabbi, author of Mishkenot HaRo'im, Livorno 1860, and other works). Inscriptions appear on the title page of Levush HaTechelet: "L'Midrash R. Netanel Lisbona", "…Meir Lisbona" (similar inscriptions appear on leaf 10), and additional signatures. The verso of the title page contains a copying in Sephardic script of passages from a composition on leap years and Moladot. Familial inscriptions on p. 2b in early Italian script. On the verso of the title page of Levush Ir Shushan, an inscription in early Italian script recording the passing of "R. Uri Canton" on Kislev 11, 1639.
Vol. I (Orach Chaim and Choshen Mishpat): 200, [2]; 162, [2] leaves. 35 cm. Condition varies, overall fair condition. Stains and wear. Worming, repaired in several places. Marginal tear (repaired) to first title page not affecting text or border. Leaves 140-141 apparently replaced from different copies. Vol. II (Yoreh De'ah): 148, [2] leaves. 32 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming to some leaves, repaired. Vol. III (Even HaEzer): 87 leaves. 31.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming. Repairs in several places. New bindings.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.