Tzeror Ha'Chaim / Sama De'Chayei - Amsterdam 1738-1739 (Single Edition) - Handwritten List of the Books of the ...

Tzeror Ha'Chaim / Sama De'Chayei - Amsterdam 1738-1739 (Single Edition) - Handwritten List of the Books of the Library of the Owner of the Book - a Nice Copy with an Ancient Binding with Buckles
Tzeror Ha'Chaim by Rabbi Chaim Ya'akov ben Ya'akov David [on eof the scholars of Izmir, who served as a Shadar of Safed]. 1738. On Maimonides' Ha'Yad Ha'Chazaka. Printed in the author's lifetime. Single, rare edition.
Bound with Sama De'Chayei Responsa, by the above author. Amsterdam 1739. Single edition.
On the leaf before the title page, a very long list "in memory of the books God has granted me until now, so may God grant me to buy the other holy books and study with my sons and my sons' sons forever with no sorrow, Amen". From here on, a list of dozens of early books that belonged to the writer's library. Some of them are circled. Kabbala books are also mentioned. Handwritten additions and erasures. The script indicates that the list was handwritten by one of the geniuses of the 1740's.
Thick, high-quality leaves.
[4], 157 leaves. 32 cm.
Condition: Good. Ancient cloth-covered binding, with buckles. Nice copy. The spine of the binding is restored.