Auction 38
Lot 018:
1. Keter Torah, a rare work on the number and te’amim of the mitzvot, by Rabbi David ben Shlomo Vittel of Polia-Italy and an exile from Spain. The beginning of the work was written as an artistic poem with 620 characters to match the gematriya of Keter and an acrostic using the psukim of the Ten Commandments. First edition, Constantinople 1536. Stefanski Sifrei Yesod, p. 70 in the appendices. No pagination (supposed to be 128 pages). This copy is missing the title page and additional pages from the beginning and end. Many moth holes and damage, a few pages detached, overall poor condition.
2. Beit Mo’ed on the Torah and Mo’adim, 50 droshim by Rabbi Menachem ben Rabbi Moshe Raba of Padua, Italy. First edition, Venice 1605. Partially missing, starts on p. 8 and ends on p. 227 (original: 231, [1] leaf). Moth holes, no binding, overall poor to fair condition.
3. Navi Shmuel with Latin translation on facing pages. Printed in Leiden, Holland, 1621. Rare printing from a press that did not produce many Hebrew books. No pagination (supposed to be 366 pages). This copy is missing pages from the beginning and end, rear parchment binding and spine are from the period, no front binding, a number of pages are detached, page cuttings in purple, overall good condition.
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