Auction 10 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Zimrat Ha'aretz – Safed, 1876

Opening: $100
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Zimrat Ha'aretz by Rabbi Ya'akov Berab. Safed, 1876.
"Ma'aseh Hashem V'niflaotav… with the Rav… Chaim Abulafia z"l and all the inhabitants of Tiberias". The story of the renewal of the Jewish settlement in Tiberias in the year 1740 by Rabbi Chaim Abulafia. Illustrations of the Western Wall, Me'arat Hamachpeila, Rachel's Tomb and the gravesite of Rabbi Meir Ba'al Hanes. [Among the only books which were printed in Safed, Spiegelman printing, See "Kedem" Catalogue, Auction 6, item 438].
Signature and ownership stamp upon title page: “Menachem son of Rabbi Reuven” and on the page following the last page: “Menachem Z-----“.
16 leaves, 17.5cm. Fair condition. Stains. Loose binding. Pieces of last page torn and missing
Books printed in Jerusalem
Books printed in Jerusalem