Bidspirit auction | HOROWITZ, YESHAYA. (SheLa’H HaKadosh). Shnei

HOROWITZ, YESHAYA. (SheLa’H HaKadosh). Shnei Luchoth HaBerith. Issued with Vavei HaAmudim by Author's son Shabthai Sheftel Horowitz. Third edition. Additional engraved title by Abraham ben Jacob. Divisional title to Vavei HaAmudim. Wide-margined copy. Numerous Hebrew marginalia in an old hand. On front flyleaf, Hebrew inscription from Jerusalem. on divisional title of Vavei HaAmudim, Hebrew inscription: ”Sepher halazeh ba al chelki me’izavon morishi betzedek, hak[atan] Moshe ben harav haGaon haGadol Mhor’r Ya'akov zt’l meHeitzfeld' (This book was rightfully bequeathed to me, the insignificant Moshe, son of the great Gaon Jacob of Heidingsfeld, of blessed memory). ff. (4), 422, 44, (12). Engraved title supplied from another copy. Trace foxed, marginal waterstains. Contemporary blind-tooled diced calf, expertly rebacked. Folio. Vinograd, Amsterdam 668; Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod 359. Amsterdam, Immanuel ben Joseph Athias, 1698. A FINE WIDE-MARGINED COPY IN A HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY BINDING. This edition of the Shnei Luchoth HaBrith, an extensive work on Halachah, Kabbalah and ethical philosophy, is considered one of the most beautifully produced Hebrew printed books. Chassidim consider this particular edition to be especially noteworthy, as it was published in the year ‘Nacha’th (1698), the year R. Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, founder of the Chassidic movement, was born. Many of the teachings of Chassidism have their source in the SheLa’H HaKadosh. Inscription: The recorded Jewish history of the city of Heidingsfeld in Bavaria dates back to the thirteenth century. In the eighteenth century, Heidingsfeld became the seat of a chief rabbinate which included all the district communities of Würzburg. From 1727 to 1742, Rabbi Jacob ben Aryeh Loeb (Jacob Löw) served as Rabbi of the ”Wuerzburger Kreis, ” with Heidingsfeld as its seat. See JE, Vol. VI, p. 320.