Bidspirit auction | CHARIF, ARYEH LEIB. Kol Aryeh

CHARIF, ARYEH LEIB. Kol Aryeh [novellae to the Talmud]. - Only Edition.  Two title-pages, each with woodcut vignette of Holy Sites. Many distinguished approbations (see below). This copy gifted to R. Akiva Yoseph Schlessinger  by the publishers, with elaborate inscription prior to title-page. ff. (4), 80 (i.e. 84). Modern calf. 4to. Halevy 127. Jerusalem, Israel Bak, 1866     Published by the Author's grandson, R. Shneur Zalman Mendelovitz of the Chabad Community in Hebron. The work carries an unusually large number of approbations, including: R. Israel Salanter (seldom given to proffer such commendations), R. Joshua Leib Diskin and the five sons of the Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, R. Menachem Mendel. The Author provides a lengthy preface in which he recounts his travels in aid of the Hebron community, visiting Europe, the Near East and India. He is particularly grateful to various members of the Bombay-based Sassoon family. See A. Yaari, Sheluchei Eretz Yisrael (1977) p.696.