Emeth LeYa’akov [kabbalah, including liturgical meditations by R. Shalom Sharabi]

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 155
NINO, JACOB SHE’ALTIEL

Emeth LeYa’akov [kabbalah, including liturgical meditations by R. Shalom Sharabi]

<<Lengthy autograph inscription>> signed by the author to the Halfon brothers (Abraham, Yoseph and Nissim). ff. (5), 145,(1). Minimal worming and staining. Contemporary boards, upper cover detached, lacks spine. Folio. Vinograd, Livorno 936.

Livorno: Aschkenazi Brothers 1843

Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $300
Rabbi Yaakov She’altiel Nino (1800-c.1849) was born in Jerusalem and grew up in the shadow of the great Beit-El kabbalists. He was sent overseas by the Tiberias community on fundraising missions and developed a reputation of great saintliness.