Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Pe'at HaShulchan – Safed, 1836

Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium

Pe'at HaShulchan, laws pertaining to Eretz Israel, by R. Yisrael of Shklow, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna. Safed: R. Yisrael Bak, [1836]. First edition.
Owner's stamp.
[5], 2-109, [1] leaves. 28.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Tears to inner margins, repaired in part with tape and paper. Leaves trimmed close to text in some places. Censorship inscriptions and stamp. Old binding, with worming and minor wear.
One of the last books published in Safed before the 1837 earthquake. Includes final leaf – errata, which appears in some copies only.


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The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples
The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples