Sefer HaPardes. First Edition. Copy that Belonged to the Author of Sdei Chemed, with his Signature and Stamp

Sefer HaPardes. First Edition. Copy that Belonged to the Author of Sdei Chemed, with his Signature and Stamp

Sefer HaPardes by the rabbi of the Jewish people, Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki - Rash"i HaKadosh. Constantinople, 1802. First edition. Copy that belonged to Rabbi Chizkiyahu Medini, author of Sdei Chemed, with his signature and stamp.

On the title page, there is a signature by the author of Sdei Chemed in Oriental script: "Chizkiyahu Medini." Under the signature is his personal stamp in Hebrew and in a foreign language: "הצ' חיים חזקיאו מדיני המכו' חכמ' היו'."

The Sdei Chemed mentioned Sefer HaPardes in his magnum opus, Sdei Chemed and even mentions explicitly that he had in his possession Sdei Chemed, Constantinople Press, see, for example, in me'arechet 20, rule 16, "In any case, he also wrote in Sefer HaPardes, which I have - Kushtandina Press, 1802, I didn't find ...' 

Sefer HaPardes: Halachic rulings and commentary on Berachot by Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki - Rash"i, via Rabbi Chizkiya Yosef Kubo. In the book, there are also printed responsa from ancient sages and other Early Authorities. There is a large illustrated etching of Jerusalem on leaf 1. Interesting foreword from the printer, one of the sages of Salonika who ascended with his father to Jerusalem. He became one of the Jerusalem sages and traveled as an emissary to several places. During his trip to Constantinople, he printed this book.

Refer to the Hebrew text for a brief biography of the sage Rabbi Chaim Chizkiyahu Medini.

[1] 68 leaves, 29 cm. Thick paper. Ya'ari, Kushta 481.

Fine condition. Aging stains. Very few worming perforations. Tears with lack, without damage to text - in the margins of the title page and in the first and last leaves. Not bound.