Brit Olam Kama. Lelamed et Bnei Yisrael Keshet Neged Kofrim, B’Divrei HaYotzim m’HaLev HaIvr”i [Rabbi Akiva Yosef son of Yechiel Schlesinger] Jerusalem, at Zichron Shlomo press. 1890. First edition.
Specifications: 8 pages, 8, 13-50 leaves, 20 cm. Sh. Halevi, Sifrei Yerushalayim HaRishonim 697.
The work takes the form of an argument between “the researcher” and “the sage.” With the leaves listing the author’s works.
Bound with: Amud HaYirah, Kol Mitziyon Sham’u Mlachim Sheimama Fan Tziyon Sham’u Mlachim by Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger [Jerusalem, Tziyon Press] 1885.
Specifications: 8 pages, 22 cm. Printed without a title page. Sh. Halevi, Sifrei Yerushalayim HaRishonim 521.
Unique composition on the status and roles of the nations of the world. The author’s name is printed in the margins of the last page: “אדרעס עקיבא יוסף שלעזינגער, יערוזאלעם” [“Address Akiva Yosef Schlesinger, Jerusalem”]. Printer’s name, according to Sh. Halevi, Sifrei Yerushalayim HaRishonim 521.
Unique Features: Especially rare, listed by Sh. Halevi only according to a copy preserved by the family, at Rabbi Hillel Schlensinger’s. The article is known from the second edition of Olam Kama which was printed in Jerusalem in 1902, before us is the first edition of the compilation.
Condition: Moderate-fine. Fragile paper. Disintegrated binding.