Auction 95
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
By Kestenbaum & Company
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Nov 11, 2021
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States
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LOT 178:
(ISRAEL, LAND OF). Shivchei Yerushalayim [an anthology of works (including R. Chaim Vital and R. Isaac Luria) on ...
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Sold for: $1,100
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Estimated price :
$600 - $900
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
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(ISRAEL, LAND OF). Shivchei Yerushalayim [an anthology of works (including R. Chaim Vital and R. Isaac Luria) on the Holy Sites]. Edited by Yaakov b. Moshe Chaim Baruch.
FIRST EDITION. Title within woodcut floral border. ff. (1), 47, (1). Foxed. Contemporary boards. 8vo. Vinograd, Livorno 216. Livorno, A. Castillo and E. Saadon, 1785
This work became extremely popular due to its detailed, lively descriptions of various places and sites throughout Eretz Israel (including customs of both Jews and Arabs). It includes an anonymous 16th-century travelogue of Eretz Israel, information pertaining to the whereabouts of the Ten Tribes, identifies the graves of various Sages, excerpts from the travels of Benjamin of Tudela, meditative prayers, etc.
