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Shenei Luchot HaBrit (Shelah) – Frankfurt (Oder) 1717. Early Edition with an Approbation from the 'Semichat Chachamim.” - Sefer Shnei Luchot HaBrit [ the Shla”h Hakadosh] ”pure sayings more precious than pearls … composition on the Oral and Written Torah, arranged and organized … by the complete G-dly sage, butzina kaddisha, rabbi of the Land of Israel ... Rabbeinu Yeshayah HaLevi Horowitz.” Frankfurt am Oder, Michel Gottshlak Press. 1717. This is a magnificent early edition of Shnei Luchot HaBrit with an illustrated poem by the author, and an especially lengthy approbation from the gaon and Kabbalist Rabbi Naftali Katz, author of Semichat Chachamim, appearing for the first time in this edition. The sefer Hakdamat Vavei HaAmudim by his son, Rabbi Sheftel Horowitz, appears at the end of this volume, with a separate title page. [4] 422, 44 Leaves. With the illustrated title page, which is lacking in many copies. 30.5 Cm. On the first title page, there is an antique dedication from Rabbi Zalman Oppenheim of Nikolsburg, dated 1756. Reverse of the title page, with a draft of an old letter from R. Leib Gehringer of Stampfen, addressed to his father R. Eliyahu.