Shnei Luchot HaBrit (Shla) by Rabbi Yeshaya HaLevi Horowitz. Amsterdam, 1698. Printing press of Emanuel son of Yosef Atiash. Illustrated title page (by Avraham ben Ya’akov Hager).
Signatures, a stamp and ownership inscriptions by Rabbi "Ber Deitsch of Chojnice". Dozens of scholarly glosses in halacha and aggada in Ashkenazi handwriting from the 17th/18th century, by an anonymous author.
[4], 422, 44, [12] leaves. 30.5 cm. Good-fair condition; spotting and wear. Ancient leather binding.
In letters written by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch (letter II 853) he refers to Sefer HaKadosh “which was printed in 1698 in an elaborate edition. The year 1698 which is the numerical value of 'nachat' is a sign that the revelation of the holy book caused heavenly satisfaction, and in that same year the Ba’al Shem Tov was born… and the Ba’al Shem Tov was used to saying that he was born in the year that the Shla HaKadosh was printed to enlighten the world with the light of G-d of Torah and fear of Heaven".