Joseph Shalit Richietti. Igereth Mesapereth Yechasuta Detzadikei [guide to the tombs of Sages and the Holy Places in the Land of Israel].

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

n.p.

Mantua

1676

Fine association copy: Title-page with signature of Abraham Joseph Solomon Graziano (Ish Ger) and stamps of R. Nachum Dov-Ber Friedman of Sadigura.

Vinograd, Mantua 258; Mehlman 530.

The author served as an emissary from Safed to Italy during the years 1674-76. In his introduction here, he declares that all proceeds from the sale of his work will be utilized solely for the support of impoverished students residing in Jerusalem. The work itself records only those Holy Sites that the author personally visited and so did not rely upon hearsay. Thus he notes, his, is a far more reliable text than previous such works. See A. Yaari, Sheluchei Eretz Yisrael, pp. 84, 414.