"Torah and Philosophy –Joined Each One to its Sister”. By Isaac Samuel Reggio [Yashar] from Gorizia. Vienna 1827.
Exceptional copy with handwritten additions, which were left out during printing at the demand of the censor, as recorded in the title page: "Added in handwriting were the words deleted by the agent of the King who supervised the printing”. These additions include paragraphs that were not printed, which were recorded as glosses at the sides of the sheets as well as a complete handwritten chapter [bound between Chapters 4 and 5], whose title is “Chapter 5 – If the study controverts the Kabalah”, which was omitted in its entirety by the censor.. [This chapter Yashar printed later in his book “Yalkut Yashar”. Gorizia 1854]. These additions may be in the handwriting of the author. Some of the glosses are cut to some extent.
This copy was in the possession of Rabbi Mordechai Samuel Ghirondi (1800 -1852) Av Beit Din Padua and a contemporary of the author, who signed at the beginning of the book. On the leaf before the title page Rabbi Mordechai Samuel Ghirondi added a long paragraph attacking the Reform Rabbi Aharon Horin, and this in addition to to what Yashar wrote against him in this book. See Hebrew for the quotation. Also see attached material.
211 pages [pale blue paper] + [18] handwritten pages. 21 cm. The condition of the pages is very good. Few stains, a few pages detached. Binding detached and damaged.