Chaim Horowitz. Sepher Chibath Yerushalayim [descriptions of the holy sites of Eretz Israel]

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Chaim Horowitz. Sepher Chibath Yerushalayim [descriptions of the holy sites of Eretz Israel]

<<FIRST EDITION>> . Woodcut printer’s device on title (Yaari, Printer’s Marks, no. 201). The Abraham J. Karp Copy. ff. (2), (60). Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Jerusalem 29; Halevy 23.

Jerusalem: Israel ben Abraham (Bak) 1844

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $650

Chibath Yerushalayim is a Jewish traveler’s guide to the Holy Land. The author does not just 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. It is the first book about the Holy Land printed in Jerusalem.