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(ISRAEL, LAND OF). YOSEPH SHALIT RICHIETTI. Igereth Mesapereth Yechasuta Detzadikei [guide to the tombs of Sages and the Holy Places in the Land of Israel]. Fine association copy: Title-page with signature of Avraham Yoseph Shlomo Graziano (Ish Ger) and stamps of R. Nachum Dov-Ber Friedman of Sadigura. ff. (4). Expertly remargined. Modern boards. 4to. Vinograd, Mantua 258; Mehlman 530. Mantua, n.p. 1676. The author served as an emissary from Safed to Italy during the years 1674-76. In his introduction here, he declares that all proceeds from the sale of this work will be utilized solely for the support of impoverished scholars in Jerusalem. The work records only those Holy Sites that the author personally visited, and so does not rely on hearsay. Thus he notes, his, is a far more reliable text than previous such works. See A. Yaari, Sheluchei Eretz Yisrael, pp. 84, 414.