107 223 (MISHNAH). Faksimile-Ausgabe des Mischna Codex Kaufmann A50. Edited by Georg Beer. pp. 572. Ex-library. Later boards retaining original printed upper cover, light wear. Large folio. The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1929-30. $300-500 ❧ Facsimile of the Kaufmann Codex, the oldest complete manuscript extant of the Mishnah, dated by most scholars to 12th century Italy. 224 (MIZRACHI, ELIJAH). Kitzur Mizrachi. With commentary by Yitzchak ben Naphtali HaKohen of Ostroh. FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch. Additional title prior to Shemoth. Signature on title-page of Ya’akov ben Zalman Posner. The Israel Mehlman copy. ff. 267. Heavily browned. Modern boards. Folio. [Vinograd, Prague 127.] Prague, n.p., 1604-7. $1000-1500 ❧ Commentary entitled “Minchath Ani” to the Mizrachi’s super-commentary to Rashi on the Chumash. 225 PARADISUS, PAULUS. (alias Canossa). Hebraicarum literaum regii interpretis, de modo legendi haebraice: dialogus. FIRST EDITION. Latin interspersed with Hebrew. Printer’s device on title and last page. ff. (16). Few light stains. Recent limp vellum. 8vo.[Both Adams P-308 and Fürst p. 65 only record a Paris 1534 edition of this work.] Venice, Nicolines de Sabio & Melchior Sessa, 1534. $1200-1500 ❧ This rare, early Hebrew primer by a converted Jew of the Venetian Del Banco family, takes the literary form of a dialogue between two fictional characters, Martialis and his son Matthaeus. Among the works cited in the text are Reuchlin’s De Arte de Cabbalistica and Galatino’s De Arcanis. See S. Simonsohn, The Apostolic See and the Jews (1991) pp. 273-4. Lot 223 Lot 224 Lot 225