Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Yesod Yosef - Zhitomir, 1867 – Segula Book, Blessings from the Chernobyl and Skverer Rebbes

Opening: $300
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Yesod Yosef, by Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef, Av Bet Din of Dubno. Zhitomir, 1867. Printed by Rabbi Avraham Shalom Shadov.
Approbation from Rebbe Aharon son of Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl: "The sacred book Yesod Yosef composed by the saintly Rabbi of Kav HaYashar… and this book does not move from the table of my saintly father… I appeal to all to purchase the book at its full price, and learn from its holy words… and he should be blessed both spiritually and physically, with sons, life and abundant sustenance". The publisher, Rabbi Gedaliah of Karstishov adds: "And I, the publisher was in Skver and Rabbi Yitzchak permitted me to print this book for him, he enjoyed it tremendously and wishes that all his congregation purchase the book and study it constantly".
[1], 74, [1] leaf. 20.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Tears restored with old tape in several places. Ownership inscriptions. Original cover, worn.
The last leaf of the error-chart is rare and is neither recorded on the Vinograd and Rosenfeld CD nor in the Bibliography Institute CD, Record 0135636.
Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir