Manuscript of Ir Miklat – Navahrudak, 1809

Manuscript, Ir Miklat, on the 613 mitzvot, by Rabbi David, Av Beit Din of Mainz, ben Rabbi Aryeh Leib of Zwoleń (Rabbi David Lida). Navahrudak, 1809. Decorated Title page. On the last leaves are mussar adages and various anthologies, a mussar play about physicians, the angel of death, and hell. On the last leaf is a long Yiddish text – a story about the Ba'al Shem Tov. Various signatures and ownership inscriptions: Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Vilenkin of Navahrudak (apparently, the manuscript copier), and Rabbi Binyamin Beinish Margalit of the city of Karlin [possibly, Rabbi Binyamin Beinish Margaliot of Navahrudak, illustrious son-in-law of Rabbi Eliyahu Ragoler, Av Beit Din of Kalisz]. [3], 2-55, [7] leaves. 20.5 cm. Fair condition, wear and stains, most of the manuscript is written on high-quality blue paper. Worn, damaged binding. The book Ir Miklat by Rabbi David Lida was first printed in Dyhernfurth in 1690 and in his book Yad Kol Bo, Frankfurt am Main, 1727.