Bidspirit auction | Collection of Antique Seforim, 1692–1814.
Collection of Antique Seforim, 1692–1814. Signatures. - 1. Sefer Knesset HaGedolah, on Choshen Mishpat (sections 1–156). Fürth, 1692. Second edition. With the approbation of the rabbi of Fürth, Rabbi Shmuel of Weidislaw. On the title page is an early signature from a member of the Ibn Zekor family of Morocco. 2. Sefer Lechem Yehuda, a commentary on the Mishneh Torah of the Rambam, by the great Algerian rabbi, Rabbi Yehuda Ayash. First Edition. Livorno, 1745. Printed by Rabbi Avraham Meldola. On the title page is the signature of the kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Algazi, one of the sages of Tunis. He authored Nachlei Yaakov and Avi HaNachal, both printed in Jerusalem (1915–1936) by his grandson Rabbi Avraham Guez. Also includes partially erased early Sephardic signatures. 3. Sefer Sheyarei Beracha, additions by the Chida (Chaim Yosef David Azulai) to his works Birkei Yosef and Machzik Beracha, with further additions by the compiler Rabbi Raphael Calamaro. Only edition. Saloniki, 1814. Copy missing the title page. Early signature appears on the first page.