HOROWITZ, CHAIM BEN DOV-BER HALEVI. Chibath Yerushalayim [descriptions of the Holy Sites of Eretz Israel]
AUCTION 53 |
Thursday, December 08th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 155
(ISRAEL, LAND OF)
HOROWITZ, CHAIM BEN DOV-BER HALEVI. Chibath Yerushalayim [descriptions of the Holy Sites of Eretz Israel]
“Jerusalem” (Lemberg?): Israel Bak “1844” (1870?)
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $1,200
Chibath Yerushalayim is a Jewish traveler’s guide to the Holy Land, with references to rabbinic literature. It was one of the first Hebrew books printed in Jerusalem by Israel Bak. The title-page of this edition is an exact copy of the Jerusalem edition that Shoshana Halevy deduces this is a pirated edition from Lemberg due to the addition of a haskamah by R. Aaron Moses Migeza Tzvi of Brody and a “Hakdamath HaMe'asef” (Compiler's Forward), resulting in the appearance of an extra leaf. However, there is a discrepancy. According to Halevy, the pirated edition has an erroneous "63" as the final leaf, whereas in our copy the final leaf is correctly numbered "60."