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Shulchan Aruch with Be'er HaGolah – Amsterdam, 1697-1699 – Complete Four-Volume Set – "Nachat" Title Page
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Shulchan Aruch, with Be'er HaGolah, Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah, Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat. Amsterdam: Immanuel Athias, 1697-1699. Complete set, four parts in four volumes. Two title pages for each part, the first with copper engraving depicting angelic figures.
Early leather bindings (non-uniform; two with many gilt decorations and color endpaper; the other two gilt and inscribed on spine).
The colophon of Yoreh Deah (p. 302b), and the second title page of Even HaEzer, are dated with the chronogram "Nachat" (5458/1698, the birth year of the Baal Shem Tov; resembling the chronogram appearing on the title page of the Shlah, printed in the same Amsterdam press that year).
Four volumes. Orach Chaim: [24], 266, [2] leaves. Yoreh Deah: [1], 302, [1] leaves. Even HaEzer: [1], 178, 178-180, [1] leaves. Choshen Mishpat: [1], 432, [1] leaves. 15.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Creases to margins in several places. A few marginal tears to several leaves. Early leather bindings (non-uniform). Wear and defects to bindings.
Bookplates of Mozes Heiman Gans.
Early Printed Books – 17th Century
Early Printed Books – 17th Century 