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A brand plucked from the fire (Zechariah 3:2), from the library of the Imrei Emes of Gur. Manuscript. Idra Zuta from the holy Zohar. Spalatro–Yugoslavia, 1818. At the beginning of the manuscript is a title page with an illustrated frame, inscribed: זה ספר האדרא זוטא קדישא נעתק פה איספלטרו יע”א ממני הצעיר וקטין רפאל בכ”ר יוסף פינסו ס”ט לתשוקת הבחור הגביר והנחמד דניאל בכ”ר משה חי ישורון. שנת אין כאל ישרון [=תקע”ח] The Finso and Yeshurun families were prominent families in Spalatro. For the great, high-quality, and rare library of the Imrei Emes of Gur, and its treasured contents—lost in the Holocaust—see Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Segal, Rosh Golat Ariel, vol. I, ch. 13, “Marbeh Sefarim Marbeh Chochmah, ” p. 344ff. For the present item, see Rabbi Moshe Hillel, Ohel Ra”m, list of manuscripts in the library of the Admor of Gur, p. 129, item 2. 60 leaves. 18 cm. Square script, large pointed letters. Thick paper. Tear to the upper portion of the title page with an old repair. Old leather binding detached, spine strengthened with black cloth tape. Housed in a new, fine leather case.