b'160 MODENA,JUDAHARYEH(LEONE)DA.HistoriadeGliRiti Hebraici.FIRST EDITION.Forward by Jacopo Gaffarelli. Text in Italian with occasional use of Hebrew. pp. (22), 217 (i.e. 117), (3). Browned. Modern emerald gilt-tooled morocco. 12mo. Paris, di Gennaro, 1637. $1500 - $2000 The rst publication written by a Jew in modern times outlining the practices of Judaism for a Gentile readership. Published at the request of Sir Henry Wotton, English Ambassador to Venice, for presentation to King James I, the book enjoyed great popularity and was translated into French, Dutch, German, English, Latin and, interestingly, even into Hebrew. See C. Roth, Leone da Modena and England, in: Studies in Books and Booklore (1972) pp. 203-4.161 MODENA,JUDAHARYEH(LEONE)DA.HistoriadeGliRiti Hebraici. Text in Italian. Another edition. pp. (6), 123, (3). Browned. Later gilt-tooled calf. 12mo. Venice, Appresso li Prodotti, 1669. $500 - $700162 ISAAC BEN MEIR OF DREN. Shaarei Dura [Rabbinic Code]. With commentariesSecondedition.Printersdeviceofseven-branched candelabrum on title (Yaari, Hebrew Printers Marks 14). On title, signature of former owners Raphael Rovigo and Samuel Foa. On final page, signature of censor Dominico Irosolimitano, 1598 (Wm. Poppers,The Censorship of Hebrew Books, Censors Inscriptions, Pl. IV, no. 1). The Israel Mehlman copy. ff. 64. Wormed, old tape repairs, some text affected. Modern boards. 8vo. [Vinograd, Venice 359.] Venice, Meir Parenzo, 1548. $400 - $600163 SHIMON BR YOCHAI (Attributed to; Revealed to Moses b. Shem Tov de Leon). Sepher HaZohar [The Book of Splendor.] Four parts in three volumes, complete with four title pages. Lightly stained in places, trace wormed, few leaves loose, several fore-edges worn and slightly worn, not affecting text. Contemporary uniform sheep-backed boards, rubbed, spines worn. 8vo. [Vinograd, Amsterdam 2338.] Amsterdam, Yochanan Levi Roph and Son, 1805. $1000 - $1500 This Amsterdam edition of the Zohar is renowned amongst Chassidim. Indeed the Chozeh of Lublin exhorted his followers to use no otherApartialCode,dealingwithdietaryandmenstruallaws, composed in the latter part of the 13th-century, it is considered most authoritative and is often quoted by the nal codiers. Sources and reasons for decisions are provided, the authorities quoted are almost entirely Franco-German. See EJ, Vol. VI, col. 261-262.80'