Auction 30 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Toldot Ya'akov – London, 1770

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"Toldot Ya'akov", homiletics on the Bible and "Midrashei Chazal". By Rabbi Ya'akov ben Rabbi Eliezer Eisenstadt of Shidlovets, grandson of Rabbi Meir Rabbi of Eisenstadt author of "Panim Me'irot". "Resident of England in London". London, [1770].
At the beginning of the book, the author writes of the miracles and adventures he had experienced, losing all his wealth and property, his wanderings and his rescue from pirates. The author who came from Poland to England, publicized only the approbation of Rabbi Moshe HaCohen di Azivido, rabbi of the Sefardi community of London, and he apologizes for not publicizing the approbations of the Ashkenasi community rabbis.
[3], 65 leaves. 14.5 cm. High-quality paper, good condition. Original parchment binding, rubbed.
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