* Sefer Naggid U’Mitzvah – a Kabbalistic book of Rabbi Chaim Vital’s writings received from the Ar”i, by Rabbi Ya’akov Tzemach. Lublin, 1881. * Kinat HaSh-m Tzevak-t – researcher and Kabbalist of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato – the Ramcha”l. Warsaw, 1888. The title pages of both books have Rabbi Nechemiah Alter’s owner’s stamp: “Nechemiah Alter, Presently in Otvosk”
Rabbi Nechemiah Alter [1875-1942], aside from his being a direct paternal descendant of the glorious Gur dynasty, is also multiply related to all of the Admo”rim of Gur through the generations. He was a son of the Admo”r, author of Sefat Emet of Gur; and brother of the Admo”r, the author of Imrei Emet ; father-in-law of the author of Lev Simchah, and grandfather of the Admo”r of Gur, shlit”a. (Further details can be found in the Hebrew catalog text.)
42; [1], 38, 11 leaves. 22 cm.
Moderate-fine condition. Tears with lack in the title pages and in two additional pages. Aging stains. Detached binding.