Auction 48

Rare: Sefer Lev Tov. Mussar, in Yiddish. Amsterdam 1706.

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Lev Tov, mussar in Yiddish by Rabbi Yitzhak ben Rabbi Elyakim of Poznan, in twenty chapters. Accompanied by Lev Chachamim, including likkutim from the work Menorat HaMaor and Shaarei Sifrei Mussar, also in Yiddish. Brought to the publisher by Rabbi Chaim ben Rabbi Yaakov the Printer, with an introduction from him in Yiddish. [2], 102 leaves. Tzina u’Re’ina lettering. National Library has it in the Rare Books section.

Leather binding from the period (worn), tape on the title page and the first leaf and a few leaves from the end. Stains, moth damage at the edges of pages (mostly not affecting text), a few moth holes in the body of the work, overall good condition for a book of this age.