David Ben Shimon. Sha’arei Tzedek-Shaar HaChatzer.

AUCTION 55 | Thursday, June 21st, 2012 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 162
(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

David Ben Shimon. Sha’arei Tzedek-Shaar HaChatzer.

<<FIRST EDITION. >> ff. 203. Previous owners’ stamps and signature, opening blank torn. Contemporary boards worn. Folio. Halevy 72.

Jerusalem: Israel Bak 1862

Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $200
An encyclopedic work discussing all aspects of Rabbinic literature pertaining to Eretz Israel. The author, better known by his acronym “Devash,” was the Rosh Beth Din of the Moroccan community of Jerusalem. The notes of a previous owner of this volume, one Shlomo Zalman Moses, calls the author a “holy mekubal” and signs reverentially with his mother’s name. He also offers here criticism of the popoular works by Joseph Schwarz.