Auction 9
Lot 086:
On the book “Hovot HaLevavot” by Rabbi Haim Avraham Katz of Mahlov. Rare. (6) 130, 92 page. 20cm (Winograd 126). At the start of the book are important endorsements. The compiler, Rav Haim Avraham Katz, the “Maggid Meisharim,” compiled “Pat Lehem,” printed until today as one of the foundational exegeses on the book “Hovot HaLevavot,” from whom was also printed “Milhama b’Shalom,” (Chkalov 1797), on the argument between Yosef and his brothers, that succeeded in being published for many editions and was even translated into Yiddish and Ladino. Next to the internal binding there are two printed letters glued into the book, by the Admor of Slonim from 1930 and the Admor of Gur, The Sfat Emet, from 1903, on the prohibition against reading newspapers and external books. The cover page has a nice engraving of a tree with two lions, ok to good condition, moth damage, light stains, half-leather, old binding.
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