Ethics of the Fathers with the commentary of Rabbeinu Ovadya Bartenura and Rabbi Moshe Alshich. Safed, [1865].
43 leaves, 20 cm. The sixth chapter features Rashi’s commentary and Chasdei Avot of the Chida.
After Rabbi Yisrael Beck left Safed, the city did not have a printing press for twenty five years. Rabb Dov Ber Kara established a press in the city in [1863] that operated for about five years and printed solitary works, including this book. The title page features an illustration of the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, his son Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Yochanan HaSandler. The last page features a list of people who prepaid for the book, including Rabbi Shmuel Heller and other prominent Safed chassidim.
New, cloth binding. Light tears, without loss, in the title page margins that have been reinforced with tape. Blemish to leaf 32 and the last leaf. Minimal aging stains. Reinforcing tape to solitary leaves. Fine condition.