Chemdat Yamim on the Torah, by Rabbi Shalom Shabazi. Facsimile edition in the author's handwriting (Yemen, 1653). Jerusalem 2007. Enclosed is an original leaf in the author's own handwriting [bound with the facsimile].
Rabbi Shalom Shabazi (the Rashash; 1619-1695), a foremost Yemenite poet and leading Torah scholar who wrote Midrash Chemdat Yamim on the Torah among other compositions. The Midrash is a commentary with homiletics, philosophy and Cabalistic thoughts, compiled from various varied sources [among them are compilations from sources unknown in our times], edited in Rabbi Shabazi's language and style.
266 leaves, 18 cm. Very good condition. Leaf of the manuscript: 21 cm. (folded in margins), good condition, stains, restored moth damage. Bound in elaborate leather binding. Matching box.
Only ten copies of this facsimile have been published. This copy is No. 9 (although on the facsimile it is written that this is one of 73 copies. See attached authorization).
Attached is a booklet with an article written by Dr. Shlomo Zucker an expert in the field, who confirms the identity of the handwriting as that of Rabbi Shalom Shabazi.