DAVID BEN SHIMON. Sha’arei Tzedek-Shaar Ha-Chatzer

AUCTION 32 | Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 141

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

DAVID BEN SHIMON. Sha’arei Tzedek-Shaar Ha-Chatzer

FIRST EDITION ff. 203. Previous owner’s stamp and signature. Boards. Folio Halevy 72

Jerusalem: Israel Bak 1862

Est: $300 - $500

An encyclopedic work discussing all aspects of Rabbinic literature pertaining to Eretz Israel. The author, (Rabat,1824-Jerusalem,1880), better known by his acronym “Devash,” was the Rosh Beth Din of the Moroccan community of Jerusalem. He offers here criticism of the popoular works by Joseph Schwarz