Auction 63

Americana: Derech Avot by Rabbi Eliyahu Schik - Philadelphia, 1895

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Sefer Derech Avot, commentary on tractate Avot with the text, by Rabbi Eliyahu Schik Av Beit Din of Kobryn author of Ein Eliyahu on Ein Yaakov, grandson of the Tosfot Yom Tov and the Maharsha.

Published by the author’s grandson Rabbi Chanoch Henich Schik. One of the first Jewish books that were printed in America – Philadelphia, 1895. [2], 46 leaves. Leaf 10 is bound before leaf 9. Abbreviated half-title. In the National Library, the book appears in the Rare Book Collection. Approbation by the Rav of the Kollel Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Charif and additional American rabbis. 

Detached front board. Taping to the title pages. Tears and small perforations. Good overall condition.