Bidspirit auction | Collection of Antique Seforim, 1692–1830.

Collection of Antique Seforim, 1692–1830. - 1. Sefer Sam Chayim, by Rabbi Chaim ben Tzvi of Pozna. Only Edition, Amsterdam, 1692. Printed by Asher Anshil and Yissachar Ber, sons of Eliezer Shalit Includes approbations by “the two great luminaries” — Rabbi Yitzchak Aboab and Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas 2 . Sefer Mas'at Binyamin – Responsa by Rabbi Binyamin Aharon Slonik of Krakow. Metz, [1776]. Printed by Getzlik Speyer Segal of Saarlouis Second Edition, with an approbation from the author of Shaagat Aryeh. On the title page is the printer’s emblem: “This is for the Levites” with an illustration of a Levite pouring water over a Kohen's hands 3. Responsa of the RaN – by Rabbeinu Nissim of Gerona, one of the early Spanish sages  Metz, [1776]. By the same printer, Rabbi Elikim Getzlik Speyer Segal. With royal license: “by the grace of our lord, the mighty king Louis XVI of France, may he live long” Antique signature: “HaKatan Leib of Fürth” 4. Sefer Nekudot HaKesef. Nowy Dwór, 1790. Signatures: Avraham Yitzchak Meir Katz. Dan Katz, Warsaw. Rafael ben Mordechai Noach 5 . Sefer Dod Mordechai. On Karaite Judaism: their beliefs, writings, and laws of ritual slaughter First Hebrew Edition, Vienna, 1830. Authored by Mordechai ben Nisan, a Karaite Jew. A defense and explanation written in response to the inquiries of Jacob Trigland, a Christian scholar from Leiden, Holland. The work includes detailed answers about the origins and distinctions between Karaites and Rabbanites.