HOROWITZ, CHAIM BEN DOV BER HALEVI. Sepher Chivath Yerushalayim [descriptions of the holy sites of Eretz Israel]

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $750

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author

(LAND OF ISRAEL)

printer

Israel Bak

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1844

Description

FIRST EDITION. Woodcut printer’s device on title (Yaari, Printer’s Marks, no. 201

references

Vinograd, Jerusalem 29; Halevi 23

summary

Chivath Yerushalayim is a Jewish traveler’s guide to the Holy Land. The author does not 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

ff. (3), 63 (i.e. 60). Marginal cut on first three leaves, some staining. Contemporary cloth-backed boards, rubbed. Sm.4to

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