Bidspirit auction | Extremely Rare Kabbalistic work! Unfinished
Extremely Rare Kabbalistic work! Unfinished in print. Safra Zekukin de-Nura u-Veʿurin de-Esha. Jerusalem, 1870. - Safra Zekukin de-Nura u-Veʿurin de-Esha, by the distinguished Rabbi Samuel son of Rabbi Moses Heida. A concise exposition, being a commentary on Seder Eliyahu Rabbah and Seder Eliyahu Zuta [printed with the text]. “We have adopted a brief approach, to proceed in a concise manner, ” by Tzvi son of Zerach. Jerusalem, [1870]. Printed at the New Press [of Yoel Moshe Solomon]. In this edition, only Chapter One of Eliyahu Rabbah and the first three lines of Chapter Two were printed; printing ceased in the middle of the work. Exceptionally Rare! Recorded by Shoshana Halevi solely on the basis of a single copy from the Mahlmann Collection; never appeared at public auction. See: Shoshana Halevi, The First Hebrew Books Printed In Jerusalem, p. 249, no. 749. [3], 3-6, [3] Leaves. 21.3 cm.