Sefer Tehillah L’David Part I – sermons for special Shabbats by Rabbi David Amado. Salonika, 1835. First edition. Copy that belonged to two of the rabbinic leaders from the Orient: Chacham Michael Ya’akov Yisrael, av beit din of Jerusalem (and Rhodes), and his grandson, Chacham Chaim Rachamim Yosef Franko – The “Chari”f” – av beit din of Hebron. Dozens of glosses in his hand. Not printed.
Beautiful self-dedication on the back of the title page written by the Chari”f: “Gifted to me by my glorious grandfather … Rabbi Michael Ya’akov Yisrael … his grandson and disciple, Chara”p.” Approximately fifty lines of beautiful lengthy glosses written in the margins along the length of the book in beautiful, clear Oriental script, also by the Chari”f. Some of the glosses are slightly cropped.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for brief biographies of the author, Chacham David Amado, and the first owner, Chacham Michael Ya’akov Yisrael and the second owner and writer of the glosses, Chacham Chaim Rachamim Yosef Franko [Chari”f] .
[2], 171 [should be: 179] leaf, approximately 28 cm.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Several perforations in the title page. Perforation in the last leaf.