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[JUDAICA]. DURAN, Simeon ben Zemach. Sefer ha-Tashbets [responsa]. Amsterdam: Naftali Hertz Levi [Rofe] and Susskind Levi of Emden, 1738. 2o. First and three other titles within elaborate woodcut borders, four titles with composite typographical borders. (Hole in first title, without loss, tear in fore-margin of first two titles, affecting borders, one title repaired and a bit defective, tears in last leaf, touching text.) Contemporary painted vellum gilt, center panels colored pink, enclosing floral center and corner ornaments (vellum chipping and splitting in a few places). Vinograd, Amsterdam 1490; Zedner 704; Cowley 637; not in Roest -- PARDO, David ben Joseph. Shulchan ha-Tahor. Abridgement of first two parts of Shulchan Arukh, with glosses by Moses Isserles, edited by Zevi Hirsh ben Itzik Premsela. Amsterdam, 1770. 16o. Later silver binding. Vinograd, Amsterdam 1993; Zedner 201; not in Cowley -- ABRAVANEL, Isaac. Perush al Nevi'im Acharonim. Commentary on the Latter Prophets. [Amsterdam: Immanoel Benveniste], 1641. 4o. Title in architectural frame. 19th-century binding (rebacked with modern leather). Vinograd, Amsterdam 56; Fuks 204; Zedner 122; Cowley 255; Roest 193 -- ABRAVANEL. Perush al Nevi'im Rishonim. Commentary on the Former Prophets, edited with a super-commentary by Jacob Fidanque. Hamburg: Thomas Rose, 1687. 2o. Modern cloth (repaired). Vinograd, Hamburg 30; Zedner 370 -- ABRAVANEL. Sefer Mashmi'a Yeshu'ah. On redemption and the coming of the Messiah. Amsterdam: Immanoel Benveniste, 1644. 4o. (Title repaired.) Modern half vellum. Vinograd, Amsterdam 76; Fuks 213; Zedner 370 -- PIMENTEL, Abraham Cohen. Sefer Minchat Kohen. Halakhic work. Amsterdam: David de Castro Tartas, 1668. Title within architectural border. 4o. (Ink stamp on title). Contemporary vellum (split hinges). Provenance: Dr. M. Sachs (owner's inscriptions in Latin and Hebrew). Vinograd, Amsterdam 360; Fuks 449; Zedner 31; Cowley 26; Roest 43 -- 10 other Amsterdam imprints including Zedner 325, 576, 338, 381, 134, 336, 148, 308, and 794. (15)
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