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Collection of 6 Antique Hebrew Seforim, 1730–1842. - 1. Sefer Arugat HaBosem – Hebrew Grammar. By Rabbi Shmuel Archivolti Amsterdam, 1730. Printed by Shlomo Katz Proops. Early edition of a classic grammatical work. Antique ownership inscriptions on the title page. 2 .  Sefer Me’irah Dekhiya (”A Refined Light”). A rare and elegant work on Rashi’s commentary on the Chumash, Five Megillot, and select Talmudic passages, with precise grammatical insights. By the renowned grammarian and Torah scholar Rabbi Mordechai ben R. Yechiel Michel HaLevi of the Slawatyc community. First Edition. Frankfurt an der Oder, 1734. Printed by Michael Gottschalk. Quote from the title: “Small in quantity, great in quality… a delightful work resolving difficult passages in Rashi through grammar.” 3. A Case of Literary Theft. Two miniature seforim printed and bound together: Sefer Kitzur Mitzvot Gadol – Attributed to R. Moses of Coucy? Sefer Oveir Orch – A collection of prayers and segulot. Karlsruhe, 1763. Although published under the name of R. Shimon of Karlsruhe, both works had been printed decades earlier: Kitzur HaSmag was reprinted from a problematic 1533 Basel edition by Sebastian Münster, a known antisemite who inserted anti-Jewish elements. Moreover, it does not actually originate from R. Moses of Coucy, one of the early Rishonim. See: A.Y. Chavatzelet, “Kitzur HaSmag – Who Really Wrote It?”, Moriah 16 (1988), pp. 34–40. Oveir Orch is a reprint of “Derech HaYashar” by R. Yaakov Naftali ben Yehuda Leib of Lublin (first printed Krakow), reprinted with omissions (Berlin 1700), and again here with additions by the publisher. See: S. Yahalom-Levi, On the Author of “Oveir Orch”, Kiryat Sefer 10 (1933), p. 252. 4. Sefer Gevurat Anashim. By the Sha”ch – Rabbi Shabtai ben Meir Katz, along with responsa from his father. Sudilkov, 1819. On the endpaper: Manuscript index in antique handwriting. 5. Sefer She'elot U'Teshuvot HaGeonim HaAcharonim. A collection of responsa from later Acharonim including: The Tosefot Yom Tov, Bach, Taz, Magen Avraham, Rabbi Heschel, and others. Compiled and edited by Rabbi Aryeh Leib, Av Beit Din of Krakow. Sudilkov?, ca. 1824. On the endpaper: Antique handwritten subject index. 6. Ben Sira from Jerusalem. Warsaw, 1842. With stamp of Moshe Shlomo Kornfeld.