Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Pe'at HaShulchan, Safed 1836

Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Pe'at HaShulchan –laws of mitzvot performed only in Eretz Yisrael. By Rabbi Yisrael of Shklov, disciple of the Vilna Ga'on. Yisrael Beck Print. Safed, 1836. First edition.
[5], 2-109, [1] leaf. 29 cm. Light-colored and high-quality paper, good-fair condition, moth damage. Worn binding.
The last leaf, a "List of mistakes and corrections", is rare and does not appear in most copies. Among the last books printed in Safed before the earthquake (in 1837. Subsequently, the author and printer moved to Jerusalem after losing most of their families and property in the earthquake).
The Vilna Gaon
The Vilna Gaon