Israel ben Samuel of Shklov. Pe’ath HaShulchan [agricultural laws of Eretz Israel]

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

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Lot 141

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

Israel ben Samuel of Shklov. Pe’ath HaShulchan [agricultural laws of Eretz Israel]

<<FIRST EDITION. THE RABBI JONATHAN ELIASBERG COPY>> , with his stamps on title and later pages. ff. (5), 2-109, (1). Previous owners’ marks, stained, crudely taped in places. Later boards, tight in binding. Folio. Vinograd, Safed 12; Vinograd, Vilna Gaon 1543.

Safed: Israel Bak 1836

Est: $500 - $700

Discusses the Laws applicable to the Holy Land, based on Maimonides and in particular the rulings of the author’s mentor R. Elijah, the Gaon of Vilna. The previous owner R. Jonathan Eliasberg (1850-98) was a prominent rabbinic figure and together with his father Mordechai Eliasberg and R. Samuel Mohilever were the leaders of the early Zionist movement in Russia. It is of course appropriate that this classic work concerning Eretz Israel belonged to this important leader of the Chovevei Tzion movement.