Tehillim, with the Beurei Zohar and Metzudat Tzion commentaries. Safed: Yisrael Bak, [1833].

Kavanat HaMeshorer is printed at the beginning of each Psalm. The volume also contains prayers recited before and after reading Tehillim on weekdays, Shabbat, Yom Tov and Hoshana Rabba night, a prayer on behalf of the sick, and order of Pidyon Nefesh.

One of the first books printed by R. Yisrael Bak in Safed, about a year after he established his printing press in the city.

The printer of Berditchev, R. Yisrael Bak (1797-1874), a disciple of the Chassidic masters R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev and R. Yisrael of Ruzhin. At a young age he established a printing press in Berditchev, where he was active for about nine years. Following his immigration to Eretz Israel, ca. 1831, he settled in Safed, where he established a printing press. After the great 1837 earthquake which completely destroyed the town, he established the first Hebrew printing press in Jerusalem, the only press in the city for over 20 years.

On title page, leaf 73 and back endpaper, ownership inscriptions in Oriental script.

[4], 152 leaves. 15 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Wear and signs of heavy use. Damage to inner margins of several leaves, affecting text (repaired with tape). Worming in many places, affecting text. Stamps. Non-original binding.