Sefer Yoreh Chataim Baderech [A Hand-Book Of Atonements For Specific Sins, Based On The Principles Of The Chassidei Aschkenaz]. Edited by Isaac Ellis.
Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1589. First Edition.
Extremely Rare, has only appeared once at public auction.
Pages 18, 22 with contemporary marginal notations from the time of printing.
Based on a text in the Rokeach and other sources, this rare work was originally printed under the title Yesod Hateshuvah in Cracow, c.1585. Here it is reworked without the name of Isaac Ellis, the editor. (See Mehlman nos. 951 and 953 and Rosenthal, Yodea Sepher no.734). Includes additional material (ff. 21-25): the Tzavaah of Rabbi Judah Ha-Chasid.
Vinograd, Venice 734; Habermann, di Gara 108; not in Adams.
Lacking copy: Present are pages 1-16, 18-25. Lacking pages 17 & the last page.
Fair condition, stains, worming affecting text that have caused tears, last page with old paper repairs & damage to text, unbound.
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