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Even Bochen [ethics]. Third edition. ff. 32. Clean tear on title neatly repaired. [Vinograd, Cremona 18; Benayahu, Cremona 18; Adams K-1]. Cremona, Vicenzo Conti, 1558. * LEVI BEN GERSHOM (GERSONIDES/RaLBa”G). Pirush Chamesh Megiloth [commentary to the Five Scrolls]. FIRST EDITION. Initial word of title historiated. ff. 50.[Vinograd, Riva 23; not in Adams]. Riva di Trento, Jacob Marcaria the Physician, 1560. * ISSERLES, MOSES BEN ISRAEL (RaM”A). Machir Yayin [commentary to the Scroll of Esther]. FIRST EDITION. Initial word of title historiated. ff. 24. [Vinograd, Cremona 27; Benayahu, Cremona 22; Adams I-248]. Cremona, Vicenzo Conti, 1559

First title page with an interesting bibliographical note in a 16th century hand concerning Jochanan Treves. The author of the commentary Kimcha de’Aivshuna on the Festival prayers, Treves worked as editor and proof-reader at the House of Daniel Bomberg. According to the note, Treves himself composed the poetic description on the title of Even Bochen, which is copied from the Bomberg edition. The writer extols Treves’s virtues, and states he knew him from his stay in Padua. He then criticizes those Jewish students at the University of Padua who are squandering their time on a “darkened path,” flattering Gentiles, rather than pursuing a life of Torah study. See M. Benayahu, Cremona, pp.44-5