Shivchei Yerushalayim [an anthology of works including R. Chaim Vital and the Ar”i on the Holy Sites]. Edited by Jacob b. Moses Chaim Baruch.

AUCTION 64 | Thursday, March 19th, 2015 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects, Maps and Graphic Art

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(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

Shivchei Yerushalayim [an anthology of works including R. Chaim Vital and the Ar”i on the Holy Sites]. Edited by Jacob b. Moses Chaim Baruch.

<<FIRST EDITION>> . Title within woodcut floral border. ff. (1), 47, (1). Ex library, some staining. Contemporary tooled calf. 8vo. Vinograd, Livorno 216.

Livorno: A. Castillo and E. Saadon 1785

Est: $600 - $900

This work became extremely popular due to its detailed, lively descriptions of various places and sites throughout Eretz Israel (including customs of both Jews and Arabs). It includes an anonymous 16th-century travelogue of Eretz Israel, information pertaining to the whereabouts of the Ten Tribes, identifies the graves of various Sages, excerpts from the travels of Benjamin of Tudela, prayers etc.