Chibat Yerushalayim. Two Editions. Jerusalem 1844 Edition and Imitation Edition

Chibat Yerushalayim. Two Editions. Jerusalem 1844 Edition and Imitation Edition

* Sefer Chibat Yerushalayim - geography of sacred sites and tzaddikim's graves in the Holy Land by Rabbi Chaim HaLevi Hurwitz. Jerusalem, Rabbi Yisrael Beck Press, 1844. First edition.

The title page features an illustration of buildings in Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives. With approbations from Jerusalem rabbis. Foreword by the printer Rabbi Yisrael ben Rabbi Avraham Beck. Without the approbation leaf [3] that was added to some of the copies (with the approbation by Rabbi Aharon Moshe MiGeza Tzvi of Brod).

Several fraudulent editions of this book were printed in Königsberg and Blomberg. This is the first, original edition.

Sh. HaLevi, no. 23.

[2] 60 leaf, 20 cm. Not bound. Moderate-fine condition. Perforations and a few worming tunnels. Signature.

* Sefer Chibat Yerushalayim - geography of sacred sites and tzaddikim's graves in the Holy Land by Rabbi Chaim HaLevi Hurwitz. [Lvov, c. 1870.] Imitation of the first edition.

Interesting edition of the important and sought-after work printed according to the first edition (above, printed in Jerusalem in 1844). The title page is also copied in its entirety from the same edition, including details of the printer, the year, and even the picture of Jerusalem in the center of the title page. For more about this forgery, refer to Sh. HaLevi, Sifrei Yerushalayim HaRishonim, no. 23.

[3], 63 [should be: 60] leaf, mispaginated. 20 cm. Moderate-fine condition. Worming perforations and a few worming tunnels.