HOROWITZ, CHAIM BEN DOV BER HALEVI. Sepher Chivath Yerushalayim [descriptions of the holy sites of Eretz Israel]

AUCTION 23 | Tuesday, March 30th, 2004 at 1:00

Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts from The Rare Book Room of the Jews College Library, London The Third Portion

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(LAND OF ISRAEL)

HOROWITZ, CHAIM BEN DOV BER HALEVI. Sepher Chivath Yerushalayim [descriptions of the holy sites of Eretz Israel]

FIRST EDITION. Woodcut printer’s device on title (Yaari, Printer’s Marks, no. 201 ff. (3), 63 (i.e. 60). Marginal cut on first three leaves, some staining. Contemporary cloth-backed boards, rubbed. Sm.4to Vinograd, Jerusalem 29; Halevi 23

Jerusalem: Israel Bak 1844

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $750

Chivath Yerushalayim is a Jewish traveler’s guide to the Holy Land. The author does not restrict himself to the present state of the sites he discusses but scours the entire corpus of rabbinic literature, as well as earlier reports by Jewish travelers. This is one of the first Hebrew books published in Jerusalem (the earliest being 1841) printed by Israel Bak on the new press sent to him from London by Sir Moses Montefiore