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. Avraham Laniado by the publisher, with elaborate manuscript inscription prior to title-page. From the library of R. Shimon Schwab. ff. (4), 80 (i.e. 84). Corner of blanks torn. Contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, worn. Sm. 4to. Halevy 127; A. Yaari, Sheluchei Eretz Yisrael, (1977) p. 696. 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. Yisrael Salanter (seldom given to proffer such commendations), R. Yehoshua 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 for their generosity.