Lot 202
Chibat Yerushalayim - First Edition - Jerusalem, 1844 - With Chassidic Approbation
Chibat Yerushalayim, geography and history of the cities in the Holy Land, holy sites and gravesites of tsaddikim, by R. Chaim HaLevi Horowitz. Jerusalem: R. Yisrael Bak, 1844. First edition. Illustration on title page of Jerusalem houses and of the Mount of Olives.
Includes leaf [3] with the approbation of R. Aharon Moshe MiGeza Zvi [1775-1845, Chassidic leader, disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin and of R. Uri of Strzeliska, one of the first Chassidic olim to Jerusalem] and with the "introduction of the Me'asef". This leaf is lacking in many copies and apparently was only included in some copies.
Introduction of printer, R. Yisrael son of Rabbi Avraham Bak and "Introduction of the Me'asef", R. Mordechai son of R. Shmuel Horowitz, who relates that he found the author's manuscripts upon his aliya to Eretz Israel, and he prepared them for printing.
[3], 60 leaves. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Open tears and damages to text on the upper margins of several leaves. Old worn binding.
S. HaLevi, no. 23. Several fake editions of this book were printed in Königsberg and in Lemberg. This is the first and original edition.
Enclosed is another book on matters pertaining to Eretz Israel: * Shivchei Yerushalayim. [Lvov], 1869.
