Chovot HaLevavot, in Yiddish – Wilhelmsdorf, 1726 – Copy of Rebbetzin Hena – Daughter of Rabbi Yosef Zundel of Salant

Chovot HaLevavot, in Yiddish – Wilhelmsdorf, 1726 – Copy of Rebbetzin Hena – Daughter of Rabbi Yosef Zundel of Salant
Chovot HaLevavot, by Rabbeinu Bachya ibn Paquda, translated to Yiddish by R. Yitzchak Dayan. Wilhelmsdorf, [1726]. This is the first edition of the book in Yiddish alone, without the Hebrew text.
The title page contains two ownership inscriptions: "Belongs to the woman Hena Genessa daughter of R. Zundel of Salant" – Rebbetzin Hena Genessa, daughter of R. Yosef Zundel of Salant, was married to R. Uri Shabtai of Salant, a dayan in R. Shmuel Salant's Beit Din. She passed away at a young age [this inscription was possibly written by her husband, R. Uri Shabtai Dayan, or by her great father, R. Zundel of Salant].
R. Zundel was renowned for his adherence to the teachings and conducts of the Gaon of Vilna, and was a transmitter of his teachings, as he received them from his close teacher R. Chaim of Volozhin. This may explain why his daughter owned this book (possibly received from him), in accordance with the directive of the Gaon of Vilna in his famous letter (Alim LiTrufa), where he entreats his wife to instruct her daughters to study ethics on a regular basis, mentioning that he has several ethics books in German they can learn from.
[1], 115, [1] leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains. Worming to some leaves. Tears to the title page and last leaf, repaired. New binding.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.