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Eizo Hi Mishnah – Jerusalem, 1890 – Dedication of Author Rabbi Chaim Hirschensohn
Eizo Hi Mishnah, on the history of the Mishnah from the giving of the Torah until R. Yehudah HaNasi, by R. Chaim Hirschensohn. Jerusalem: printed by the author R. Chaim Hirschensohn, 1890.
On second leaf, printed dedication to Dr. Azriel Hildesheimer in honor of his 70th birthday. At the top of the leaf, the author adds a handwritten dedication (somewhat trimmed).to "Dr. Chazanowitz" (apparently Dr. Yosef Chazanowitz, a founder of the Midrash Abarbanel library, today the National Library of Israel).
[3] leaves (and another blank leaf), 46 pages. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Light stains. Open tear to title page, slightly affecting title frame, repaired with paper to verso. Handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 692.
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