Chumash Bereshit, with the Onkelos, Yonatan ben Uziel and Yerushalmi translations, Rashi, and the Or HaChaim commentary by R. Chaim ibn Attar. Slavita: R. Moshe Shapira Rabbi of Slavita, [1818]. With approbations by the Ohev Yisrael of Apta and R. Yisrael of Pikov. Title page printed in red and black.
Reputedly, "R. Pinchas of Korets… commanded his sons [=R. Moshe Shapira rabbi of Slavita, and his brother R. Yechezkel Shapira, who was also involved in the establishment of the Slavita printing press] to print the Or HaChaim book every year… and they will thereby be saved from calamity and misfortune, and they fulfilled his directive, yet after the books of the Or HaChaim became so prevalent that they could no longer find buyers for them, they stopped printing them, and that year the infamous slander and misfortune occurred" (Migdal Oz, p. 268). (Nowadays, only seven editions of the Slavita Or HaChaim Chumash are bibliographically known, printed between 1791-1832).
Signature extending over several leaves, near the headings, in early script: "Yisrael… Fränkel".
241 leaves. 21 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains. Wear and tears. Worming. Tears to title page, affecting text. Tears and worming to other leaves, affecting text. Tape repairs to leaves 202-203. Original leather binding, covered with paper and cloth, partially detached.