Shenei Luchot HaBrit (Shelah), by R. Yeshaya HaLevi Horowitz. Amsterdam: Immanual son of Joseph Athias, 1698. Engraved title page (by Avraham son of Yaakov HaGer).
Shenei Luchot HaBrit contains many halachic novellae, Kabbalistic principles, homiletics and ethics, and incorporates all realms of the Torah. The book was received with awe throughout the Jewish world, and its teachings are quoted in the books of leading poskim and kabbalists. Many renowned Chassidic leaders were extraordinarily devoted to the study of the books of the Shelah.
This edition of the Shelah was printed in Amsterdam in 1698, birth year of the Baal Shem Tov, and Chassidic lore ties these two events.
Several lengthy glosses in Ashkenazic script, including four signed by "Aryeh Leib Binswangen", with mention of the year 1742. Gloss by a different writer, signed: "Eli. of Sprendlingen, near Bingen am Rhein".
[4], 422; 44; [12] leaves. 28.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark dampstains to first and final leaves. Marginal tears to first two title pages and final leaves, slightly affecting title border and text of final leaf, repaired with paper. New leather binding.