Bidspirit auction | Collection of Antique Seforim, Thessaloniki

Collection of Antique Seforim, Thessaloniki & Livorno Imprints, 1787–1826. First Editions. - 1. Sefer   She’elot u-Teshuvot Chikrei Lev. Responsa by the great gaon Rabbi Yosef Ḥazan, one of the leading sages of Smyrna and Jerusalem. Part I: on Orach Chaim. First Edition. Thessaloniki, 1787. Printed by Mordechai Naḥman and his partner David ben Shlomo Israeligia. [1], 281 leaves. Apparently lacking one leaf following the title page. 27.5 cm. 2. Sefer Berach Moshe. Novellae on the Talmud, by Rabbi Moshe ben Aderet. First Edition. Thessaloniki, 1802. Printed by Yosef Molcho, Ḥaim Avraham ben Shabbtai Neḥama, and Sa‘adi HaLevi Ashkenazi. [2], 118 leaves. 27.8 cm. 3 . Sefer Ben Ha-Ha. Homiletical discourses on the Torah, from Bereshit through Le-‘Einai Kol Yisrael, interwoven with verses of Scripture and explanations of rabbinic sayings, by Rabbi David son of Rabbi Aharon HaKohen. Only Edition. Livorno, 1821. 8, 174, 45 leaves. Lacking the leaf of approbations, which is absent in most copies. 30 cm. Signatures: Nissim Sued [possibly Rabbi Nissim Sued, who served as a dayan in Tripoli in 1810]. 4. Sefer Marpeh Lashon. On Tractate Shevu‘ot, by Rabbi Rafael Ardit. Only and Rare Edition. Thessaloniki, 1826. With an early ownership inscription of the distinguished scholar and philanthropist Rabbi Rafael Yitzḥak Amado. [1], 49 leaves. 30 cm.