Derech Chaim. Kabbalistic Prayers per the Chid"a. Printed in his Lifetime. First Edition

Derech Chaim. Kabbalistic Prayers per the Chid"a. Printed in his Lifetime. First Edition

Derech Chaim. Various prayers and Kabbalistic rectifications. Livorno, 1790. First edition of the Chid"a's prayers. Rare.

Services for release from vows, tashlich, release from curses, release from excommunication in a dream and Kabbalistic rectifications. The book was printed in Livorno, where the Chid"a lived, in his lifetime. The title page includes the words "דברים אחדים" as a hint on the title page, as well as a list of several of the Chida"s books, and on the reverse of the title page, 'גזרת נחש' as another lyrical reference to the Chid"a's name. On leaf 17: "Heard by me directly from our rabbi, the Chid"a ..."

The publisher. Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Iyash, was a rabbi in several Italian communities, and the proofreader, Rabbi Shmuel b"r Moshe HaKohen, was a close associate of the Chid"a's.

Refer to: M. Benayahu, Rabbi Yosef David Azoulay (Jerusalem, 1959), p. 253, no. 1.

30 leaves, 18 cm. High-quality paper.

Fine condition. Aging stains. Worming perforations. Several detached leaves. Not bound.