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Yaarot Devash by Rabbi Yehonatan Eibeshitz – First Edition – Karlsruhe, 1779-1782 – Both Parts – Signatures of Rabbi Yonah Bondi (Disciple of the Noda BiYehudah)

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Yaarot Devash, Parts I-II, homilies by R. Yehonatan Eibeshitz. Karlesruhe: printer not indicated, [1779-1782]. First edition. Two volumes.
Two parts in two volumes, with divisional title pages.
On title pages of both books, ownership inscriptions and signatures of "Yonah of the Bondi family", with another handwritten inscription by him of a Biblical verse. Another signature on title page of second volume: "Meir[?]… son of R. Avraham Lefchowitz".


The former signature is apparently that of R. Moshe Yonah Bondi of Prague (1768-1806), disciple of the Noda BiYehudah, son-in-law of R. Hertz Avraham Naftali Scheuer, Rabbi of Mainz. His son R. Shmuel Bondi was a leading rabbi in Prague (his piyyutim were printed in the Rödelheim siddur).
Several glosses in his handwriting on front endpaper, on topics in the book.


Two volumes. Part I: [4], 116 leaves. Part II: [4], 116 leaves. 21.5-22 cm. Partly slightly dark paper. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Light wear. Some leaves in first volume partly detached. Tears, including open tear to last leaf of second volume, affecting text, repaired with tape. New leather bindings (uniform).

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Early Printed Books – 17th and 18th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 17th and 18th Centuries