Sefer Khur Le-Zahav. Divrei khakhamim ve-khidotam

Segal, Shmuel Tsoref. Sefer Khur Le-Zahav. Divrei khakhamim ve-khidotam. Jerusalem: Zuckermann ve-Shutfeyhem, 1885. Second printing. Large Duodecimo. 20 leaves. Rebound half brown cloth over black boards with handwritten inked title on spine. Decorative title page. B/w lithography entitle with “Times of Atonement” and library stamp of the Jewish Institute of Religion, New York at last page. Violet end paper. Contains Shmuel Tsoref Segal -1716) thoughts on Jewish ethics, written as a guidepost with the programatic headline “Gate to” on every item. Besides the pamphlet contains excerpts from Ibn Gabirol’s (1022-1070) work “Mivkhar Ha-Peninim” and leaves 16b-19a contain excerpts called 70 hakhamim from Judah ben Salomon al-Harizi’s “Takhkemoni”. Text in Hebrew. Binding with light wear along edges. Reinforced binding with grey librarian tape. Title page torn halfway down along tape. Tearing and fraying along edges. Block detached from title page, last page and binding. Left corner missing of end paper. Block age-toned and with sporadic stains, very fragile. Binding in overall good+, interior in fair to good- condition. fair to g-. hardcover. (39572) $45