Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art
Tehillim – Safed, 1833 – Printed by Rabbi Yisrael Bak
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
Tehillim, with the Be'urei Zohar and Metzudat Tzion commentaries. Safed: R. Yisrael Bak, [1833].
One of the first books printed by R. Yisrael Bak in Safed, about one year after he established his printing press in the city.
On verso of the title page is the introduction of the printer R. Yisrael Bak with blessings for those who purchase books printed in Eretz Israel and especially this Tehillim.
Kavanat HaMeshorer is printed at the beginning of each Psalm. The volume also contains prayers recited before and after reading Tehillim on weekdays, Shabbat, Yom Tov and Hoshanah Rabbah night and a prayer on behalf of the sick and Seder Pidyon Nefesh.
Handwritten inscriptions on the title page.
[4], 108, 110-152 leaves. Lacking leaf 109. 14.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Extensive worming, affecting text, mostly repaired with paper. Marginal open tears to title page and other leaves, slightly affecting text, repaired with paper (some leaves presumably supplied from other copies). New leather binding.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
One of the first books printed by R. Yisrael Bak in Safed, about one year after he established his printing press in the city.
On verso of the title page is the introduction of the printer R. Yisrael Bak with blessings for those who purchase books printed in Eretz Israel and especially this Tehillim.
Kavanat HaMeshorer is printed at the beginning of each Psalm. The volume also contains prayers recited before and after reading Tehillim on weekdays, Shabbat, Yom Tov and Hoshanah Rabbah night and a prayer on behalf of the sick and Seder Pidyon Nefesh.
Handwritten inscriptions on the title page.
[4], 108, 110-152 leaves. Lacking leaf 109. 14.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Extensive worming, affecting text, mostly repaired with paper. Marginal open tears to title page and other leaves, slightly affecting text, repaired with paper (some leaves presumably supplied from other copies). New leather binding.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
Books Printed in Jerusalem and Safed
Books Printed in Jerusalem and Safed