Yoreh Chata'im [a handbook of atonements for specific sins, based on the principles of the Chassidei Aschkenaz]

AUCTION 46 | Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 1:00

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Yoreh Chata'im [a handbook of atonements for specific sins, based on the principles of the Chassidei Aschkenaz]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> ff. 26. Stained and wormed with minor loss of text. Modern calf. 12mo Vinograd, Venice 734; Habermann, di Gara 108; not in Adams

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1589

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $750

Based on a text in the Rokeach and other sources, this work was originally printed under the title Yesod HaTeshuvah in Cracow, c.1585. Here it is reworked without the name of Isaac Ellis, the editor. (See Mehlman, 951 and 953; and Rosenthal, Yode'a Sepher, 734). Includes additional material: Chiddushim (ff. 23-24), and the Tzava'ah (Testament) of R. Judah he-Chasid (ff. 24-26).