Bidspirit auction | ARYEH LEIB CHARIF. Sepher Em

ARYEH LEIB CHARIF. Sepher Em LeMasoroth. *  Printed with: Shneor Zalman ben Menachem Mendel [Mendelevich]. Sepher Zichron Yerusahalayim. First Edition.  Two title-pages. Replete with woodcut vignettes of traditional scenes of the Holy Land. This copy inscribed by the author on the opening blank. ff. 16, 28. Brittle. Modern boards. Sm. 4to. Halevi, Jerusalem 266. Jerusalem, Nissan ben Yisrael Bak & Grandson, 1876. Printed by grandfather and grandson. The second work is a travel-guide to Eretz Israel and cities far beyond. Includes descriptions of Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo, Baghdad, Bombay, Alexandria, Izmir, Istanbul and London. Zalman Mendelevich was an emissary on behalf of Colel Chabad of Hebron and Jerusalem. His travels took him to Baghdad and Bombay, where he benefited from the munificence of the celebrated Sassoon family. (See Ya’ari, Sheluchei Eretz Israel (1977) pp. 695-96; Halevy, The First Hebrew Books Printed in Jerusalem (1975) p. 113). Em LeMasoroth is graced by the approbations of many renowned rabbis: The Rishon LeZion, R. Avraham Ashkenazi; R. Elijah Mani and R. Shimon Menashe, respectively Sephardic and Chabad rabbis of Hebron; plus the venerable Chassidic Rabbi R. Aaron of Chernobyl and his three sons.