Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Pe'at HaShulchan – Safed, 1836

Opening: $600
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Pe'at HaShulchan, mitzvoth hatluyot ba'aretz (laws pertaining to Eretz Israel). By Rabbi Yisrael of Shklow, disciple of the Vilna Gaon. Safed, 1836. First edition. Printed by Yisrael Bak. [5], 2-109, [1] leaves. 29 cm. Light-colored, high-quality paper. Good condition. Stains and wear. New semi-leather binding. One of the last books printed in Safed before the 1837 earthquake (thereafter the author and the printer relocated to Jerusalem after losing most of their family and property in the quake).
The Vilna Gaon and his disciples
The Vilna Gaon and his disciples