Bidspirit auction | Collection of Antique Seforim, 1705-1790.

Collection of Antique Seforim, 1705-1790. - 1 . MELLI, YECHIEL. Tapuchei Zahav [Golden Apples - abridgment of Elijah de Vidas' Reishith Chochmah]. Venice, Vendramin, 1705 ff. (122). Closely trimmed, stained, title worn, some loss. Modern calf. 12mo. Vinograd, Venice 1559. The author was from a family of rabbinic scholars, whose name derives from the village of Melli in the province of Mantua. R. Yechiel Melli served as rabbi of Mantua in the seventeenth century. Besides the present work, he also authored a commentary to the Pentateuch entitled Sepher HaNimukim (Hirschfeld, Cat. Montefiore, no. 479/11). It is believed that in addition to his rabbinic and literary activities, he was also engaged in banking. 2 . (Liturgy) Seder Selichot VaTachanunim – Torino, 1759. This is the first Hebrew book printed in Torino According to the Italian customs.Slichos to be recited from Rosh Chodesh Elul through after Yom Kippur. With supplications and requests for each day of Slichos according to the customs of Piemonte, Italy. At the very end of the Sefer a paragraph in Latin granting the Sefer to be printed. 3. MUSSAPHIA, BINYAMIN. Zecher Rav [poetic rendering of the marvels of creation]. With Shoshan Emek translation and commentary by Yerachmiel Falk ben Nathan Cohen. Text in Hebrew and Yiddish. Brunn, Joseph Karl Nuemann, 1790. pp. (8), 86, (2). Browned. Modern boards, 8vo. Vinograd, Brunn 43. R. Benjamin Mussaphia ('Dionysius', 1608-75) was an Italian physician and Kabbalist who later lived in Denmark. The present work is an intricate poem that allegedly uses every Hebrew root (Shoresh) exactly once.