Aryeh Leib Charif. Sepher Em LeMasoroth.<<*>> Printed together with: Shneor Zalman ben Menachem Mendel [Mendelevich]. Sepher Zichron Yerusahalayim.

AUCTION 69 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 117

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

Aryeh Leib Charif. Sepher Em LeMasoroth.<<*>> Printed together with: Shneor Zalman ben Menachem Mendel [Mendelevich]. Sepher Zichron Yerusahalayim.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Two title-pages. Replete with woodcut vignettes of traditional scenes of the Holy Land. <<This copy inscribed and signed by the author to Nathan Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire>> on opening blank. From the Library of the London Beth Din. ff. 16, 28. Brittle. Modern gilt-tooled calf. Sm. 4to. Halevy, 266

Jerusalem: Nissan ben Israel Bak & Grandson 1876

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $850

Printed by grandfather and grandson: The first work deals with Masoretic issues, i.e. the correct orthography of the Bible. The second work is a travel-guide to Eretz Israel and cities far beyond. Includes descriptions of Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo, Baghdad, Bombay, Alexandria, Izmir, Istanbul and London. Zalman Mendelevich was an emissary on behalf of Colel Chabad of Hebron and Jerusalem. His travels took him to Baghdad and Bombay, where he benefited from the munificence of the celebrated Sassoon family. (See Ya’ari, Sheluchei Eretz Israel (1977) pp. 695-96; Halevy, The First Hebrew Books Printed in Jerusalem (1975) p. 113). Em LeMasoroth is graced by the approbations of many renowned rabbis: The Rishon le-Zion, Abraham Ashkenazi; Elijah Mani and Shimon Menashe, respectively Sephardic and Chabad rabbis of Hebron; plus the venerable Chassidic Rabbi Aaron of Chernobyl and his three sons.