Lot 468
Sefer HaBrit, Brno 1797
Sefer HaBrit, kabalistic and mussar topics, science, medicine and philosophy. Rabbi Pinchas ben Eliyahu of Vilnius. Brno, 1797. First edition anonymously published by the author. Many owners' signatures: "Tuvia Cohen"; Zalman Ya'akov", "Binyamin Segal Zimmerman"; "Itzik" Diamond Stein; etc.
[3], 68, 70-128; 66; [4] leaves. 22.5 cm. Heavy coarse paper. Good-fair condition, wear. Damages to several leaves. Damage to text on Leaf 3. Simple binding.
The censor's leaf of approval in German from 1799 which was added to some copies does not appear in this edition. After this edition, many flawed editions were printed in Brin and Vienna, without the owner's permission so that the author had to publicize his name and tell about the stolen editions in the Zholkva 1807 edition.
