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Printed Mizrach Poster – With Segulah Niflaah by Rabbi Shimson of Ostropoli – Jerusalem, Ca. 1875 – Rare Leaf

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Mizrach poster, with Segulah Niflaah by R. Shimson of Ostropoli. Jerusalem: printer not indicated, [ca. 1875].


Printed poster, captioned "Mizrach" at the top, and below it the Segulah by R. Shimshon of Ostropoli for times of pollution and plague. Below it is printed a kabbalistic chart based on a Holy Name.
On the sides of the poster are printed two illustrations, an illustration of the Western Wall and the Temple Mount, and an overview of the Old City of Jerusalem and its walls. On the bottom part of the leaf are the details of the publisher, R. Yissachar Ber Zwebner, publisher of Ohel Avraham by his father R. Avraham Shag.


40.5X35 cm. Fair-poor condition. Many stains, including dampstains, on both sides of leaf. Many folding marks, and creases, affecting text. Tears to folds and margins of leaf, including open tears affecting frame of leaf and text. Worming. The poster is mounted on old, thick paper.


Rare leaf. Not documented by Sh. Halevy. The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records this poster based on a copy from the Valmadonna Trust Library.

Early Hebrew Books and Broadsides Printed in Jerusalem
Early Hebrew Books and Broadsides Printed in Jerusalem