Auction 097 Winner's Unlimited - Holy books, letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Judaica, Posters & Periodicals, Postcards, Maps, Zionism, numismatics.
By Winner'S
Jan 31, 2017
Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 414:

"Aderet Eliyahu". Leghorn, [1864]. First edition. First work of the Ben Ish Chai

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"Aderet Eliyahu". Leghorn, [1864]. First edition. First work of the Ben Ish Chai
[1], 3-174, [1] leaf.
Ledger with drushim on the five chumashim by Rabbi Yosef Chaim, the Ben Ish Chai. The author writes at the beginning of the book: "These words are from me...I, one of the youth and the youngest of the young..." The Ben Ish Chai printed 53 works, this is the first work that he published when he was 29 years old, about twenty years before he published his "Ben Ish Chai", halachic work. Owner notation on the title page.
Old cardboard binding with worming holes. Spine is partially broken. Tear with loss in the text at the top of p. 2 of the preface and a number of leaves at the end of the book. Worming holes in some of the leaves of the book. 
Moderate-fine condition. 

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