Auction 8
Lot 357:
Long commentary on Megillat Ruth, with commentaries from the Zohar on mysticism. By the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo HaLevi Elkabetz, compiler of Lecha Dodi from the golden era of the sages of Tzfat. First edition 96 pages. 20cm. (Winograd Kushta 221). Books by this author are extremely rare. On the title page is the signature of Haim David Amar,the Gaon who served with the great students of the Or HaHayyim, who sent him to Israel to prepare the way for him to Jerusalem (History of the Sages of Jerusalem, part 3, p. 10). Additional signatures on the title page and the page after, with a long list of ancient books on the page following. A nice title page with an architectural motif, it is restored, 2 first pages have defects with damage to the text but with professional restoration; stains and wear. Bound in old, parchment binding.
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