101 205 JACOB BEN ASHER. Pirush Hatorah... (Rimzei Ba’al Haturim) Second edition ff. 65 (1). Closely trimmed, light wear, stamps removed. Later marbled boards, rubbed. Sm. 4to.[Vinograd, Venice 228.] Venice, J. de Ferri, 1544. $600-900 ❧ Famed Biblical exegesis consists of Masoretic calculations and hermeneutical interpretations, i.e. Gematria and Notarikon. It is a standard component of all editions of the Pentateuch that is accompanied by commentaries. 206 JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS. De Antiquitatibus ac de Bello Judaico. Translated by Rufinus of Aquileia. Historiated initial letters. Marginalia in a contemporary hand. ff. (13), 260, (1). Opening page laid down, few small wormholes to initial leaves. Later gilt-tooled calf-backed speckled boards, worn. Folio. Venice, Gregorius de Gregoriis, 1510. $800-1000 207 KALATZ, JUDAH. Sepher HaMussar. Second corrected edition. Title within architectural arch. ff. 140. Stained, initial and closing few leaves with some worming. Modern maroon calf. 4to.[Vinograd, Mantua 70; Mehlman 979.] Mantua, Giacomo Ruffinelli, 1560. $500-700 ❧ An ethical work focusing on prayer and the Festivals, as based upon the Kabbalah. The author resided in Tlemcen, Algeria at the beginning of the 15th-century. Concerning the Kalatz Family see S. Z. Havlin, LeToldoth Mishpachath Al-Calatz, in Kiryath Sepher, Vol. 49 (1974) pp. 643-56. 208 (KARAITICA). Seder Berachoth Lekol HaShanah (Minhag Kehiloth HaKara’im) [blessings and prayers for the entire year including Zemiroth for weddings and circumcisions]. According to the Karaite rite. Published without a title page. Two parts in one. ff. 82 (of 88, 1) the following leaves provided in manuscript ff. 1, 16, 17, 84, 85 composed in a neat square Karaite hand and f. 87; ff. 63 (of 67, 1) ff. 64-7 provided in the same neat Karaite hand. Stained in places. Later boards. 8vo.[cf. Vinograd, Kale 5; Friedberg, “Samach” 57.] Kale (Crimea), (1737-47) $700-1000 ❧ Rare. Not in the National Library of Israel. Karaism had its beginnings in the 8th century, breaking with Rabbinic tradition by rejecting the Talmud and declaring Biblical law as the sole basis of Judaism. Karaite liturgy has little similarity with its Rabbinic counterpart. Codified are only two daily prayer services, the morning and the evening. Liturgy relating to the Temple sacrifices formed the primary basis of the Karaite rite consisting of passages from the Bible, with an emphasis on Psalms, along with liturgical poetry unknown to Rabbinic rites. The Shema prayer is included in the Karaite rite, but the Shemonah-Esrah is unknown. Lot 205 Lot 206 Lot 207 Lot 208