Shem HaGedoliom by the Chid"a. Two Parts Printed by the Chid"a in his Lifetime. Wide Margins

Shem HaGedoliom by the Chid"a. Two Parts Printed by the Chid"a in his Lifetime. Wide Margins

Shem HaGedolim - renowned work by Rabbi Yosef Chaim David Azoulay - the Chid"a. Livorno, 1786-1798. Two parts: Shem HaGedolim Part I, second edition with supplements; Shem HaGedolim Part II, first edition.

The renowned sefer by the Chid"a, Shem HaGedolim, was authored and printed by the Chid"a in several parts, with supplements and completions.

Two parts as printed by the Chid"a. These sefarim as printed by the Chid"a have special importance, as they omit several passages from the Chid"a's words (an article on the subject is included).

The sefer as it appears today was edited by bibliographer Yitzchak Isaac Ben-Ya'akov, author of Otzar HaSefarim, who combined all the parts according to the aleph-bet.

Present here:

• Shem HaGedolim Part I. Livorno, Eliezer Sa'adon Press, 1798. Second edition of the first part, with the addition of Va'ad L'Chachamim Part II, printed here for the first time. Also with Chasdei Avot-Rashei Avot, expanded edition on Tractate Avot with Rashei Avot as printed here for the first time. The Chid"a added a mark in the form of a hand before each one of the supplements that appear here for the first time.
• Shem HaGedolim Part II. Livorno, Avraham Yitzchak Castillo and Rabbi Eliezer Sa'adon Partners Press, 1786. First edition of Part II.

As was the Chid"a's way, in each sefer he printed, he added compositions and supplements for his other sefarim. This is the case for these two sefarim here as well, which contain supplements: At the end of Shem HaGedolim Part I, after the work on Tractate Avot, omissions were also added. At the end of Shem HaGedolim Part II as well, there are supplements, including the omissions from previous works by the Chid"a, and with additional omissions from Sefer Shem HaGedolim.

Sefer Shem HaGedolim is one of the fundamental works of Hebrew bibliography, a cornerstone for the study of the life stories of gedolei Yisrael - Rishonim and Acharonim and their writings. This sefer already in the Chid"a's lifetime became scarce, very hard to find.

Benayahu, Sifrei HaChid"a 10, 30. Stefansky, Sifrei Yessod 545.

The two parts here are complete, with all the leaves of the supplements.

Part I: [2], 144 leaf, 21 cm,

Fine-very fine condition. Wide margins, straight from the sheets, not cut. Minimal worming perforations in the white margins. Aging stains. New binding.

Part II: 104 leaf. 20 cm. Owners' signatures.

Fine-very fine condition. Slight tear in the title page and the last leaf, without lack in the text. Aging stains. Isolated worming perforations. New binding.