Shaarei Dim'a ViYeshua - Prayers to be Recited at the Western Wall and Holy Sites - Jerusalem, 1861 - Fine Copy

Shaarei Dim'a ViYeshua, prayers to be recited at the Western Wall and other holy sites, order of prostration on gravesites of Tzaddikim, and kabbalistic commentary to the Amidah prayer, composed and compiled by R. Aharon Moshe Friedensohn of Slonim. Jerusalem: R. Yisrael Bak, [1861]. Only edition.
The author and compiler, R. Aharon Moshe Friedensohn of Slonim, who immigrated to Jerusalem in 1860, relates in his preface of feelings of desolation which overcame him when he saw the state of the Western Wall, and of his decision to compose a kabbalistic book of prayers. The name of the composition alludes (by numerical value) to his daughter Sarah Hadassah, who died at a young age. R. Aharon Moshe passed away in Jerusalem in 1878.
The title page features an illustration of the site of the Beit HaMikdash, characteristic of R. Yisrael Bak's printing press [the title page of this book was selected to adorn the front cover of Ginzei Yisrael - Catalogue of Dr. Israel Mehlman's book collection, published by the Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem 1985].
20, 13, 13-16, 16-24 leaves. 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears to inner margins of title page (and one corner) and to several other leaves, repaired with paper. Minor worming to final leaves. New, fine leather binding.
Sh. HaLevi, no. 59 (listed according to the copy at Jews' College, London).