Three books comprising five works bound together in a single volume

150 leaves (11¼ x 7¼ in.; 285 x 184 mm). Five parts in one volume; foliation: 1-9 (10),1-27,1-75,1-16,1-22;  Three woodcut title borders, woodcut diagrams; title stained and soiled with creases in outer corners, waterstains in first part subsiding in subsequent parts, tear in lower portion of second title mended, one title leaf and its conjugate plus a few other leaves detached, borders shaved, last leaf mended in lower outer corner and mounted; owners' inscriptions. Contemporary German leather over beveled oak boards, blind-tooled in a panel design with rope-work stamps in the central medallion, and roll-tool "cicero-ovidius-julius-virgilius" in the frames, brass clasps and catches; soiled and rubbed.

Menahem ben Abraham Auerbach-his inscription on inside front board; Hidebrandi E F Antloo bibliothecae-inscription on first title

Vinograd,  Heddernheim 1,  Riva di Trento 20,  Lublin 35

150 leaves (11¼ x 7¼ in.; 285 x 184 mm). Five parts in one volume; foliation: 1-9 (10),1-27,1-75,1-16,1-22; Three woodcut title borders, woodcut diagrams; title stained and soiled with creases in outer corners, waterstains in first part subsiding in subsequent parts, tear in lower portion of second title mended, one title leaf and its conjugate plus a few other leaves detached, borders shaved, last leaf mended in lower outer corner and mounted; owners' inscriptions. Contemporary German leather over beveled oak boards, blind-tooled in a panel design with rope-work stamps in the central medallion, and roll-tool "cicero-ovidius-julius-virgilius" in the frames, brass clasps and catches; soiled and rubbed.
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Simanim al Hiddushei Bahya/Naftulei Elohim Niftalti,  Heddernheim, Hayyim ben David Shahor, et al.: 1546.  first of only two hebrew books printed in heddernheim.  An index and supercommentary on the Be'ur al ha-Torah of Bahya ben Asher, written by  Naphtali Hertz ben Eliezer Treves (Drifzan, sixteenth century). The printers explain in their preface that they had originally intended to print these works in a larger edition which incorporated the text of Bahya as well as the index and commentary, but that the printers in Venice had preceded them.

Milhamot HaShem (Wars of The Lord), Levi ben Gershom (Gersonides), Riva di Trento, Jacob Marcaria: 1560. Philosophical work by the biblical exegete, talmudist, and philosopher R. Levi ben Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides, 1288-1344). Milhamot HaShem (Wars of the Lord), Ralbag's most important work, and one of the leading Jewish philosophical works of the Middle Ages, was written from about 1317 to 1329. The title page with ornate border and the coat of arms of Cardinal Madruzzo, is followed by a brief introduction from the printer Jacob Marcaria.

Berit Avraham/Hesed Avraham (Covenant of Abraham/Kindness of Abraham), Abraham ben Shabbetai Horowitz, Lublin, Kalonymus ben Mordecai Jaffe: 1577. Abraham ben Shabbetai Horowitz (c.1540-1615), the father of Isaiah Horowitz (SheLaH) wrote Berit Avraham to serve as an ethical guide in which he sets out practical examples of the transgressions enumerated in the viddui (confession). This work was issued together with Hesed Avraham, a commentary on Shemoneh Perakim, Maimonides' introduction to Pirkei Avot, Horowitz's positive attitude to philosophical pursuits and secular studies is reflected in this, the original text of Hesed Avraham. The text that appears in those Talmud editions which include Shemoneh Perakim is the second revised edition of Hesed Avraham that appeared in 1602.