Tehillim with the Amarot Tehorot Commentary – Zhitomir, 1857

Tehillim with the Amarot Tehorot Commentary – Zhitomir, 1857
Tehillim, with Rashi and the Amarot Tehorot commentary by R. Eliezer Horowitz Rabbi of Tarnogród, author of Noam Megadim, disciple of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, 1857. Two title pages.
Bound with: Seder Maamadot and Seder Ketoret against epidemics, based on the text instituted by the Ohev Yisrael of Apta. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, 1857. A LaMenatze'ach menorah is featured on the final leaf, with passages of prayers and segulot.
Amarot Tehorot is the first Chassidic commentary to Tehillim to be printed (first published in Warsaw, 1839), authored by R. Eliezer Ish Horowitz (Hořovice, d. 1806, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, 257-259), rabbi of Tarnogród. A descendant of the Shelah, he was the disciple of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk, and disciple-colleague of the Chozeh of Lublin and the Maggid of Kozhnitz. He also authored Noam Megadim Uchevod HaTorah. The Chozeh of Lublin writes in his approbation to the book Noam Megadim: "…all his ways were for the sake of Heaven, to cause pleasure to G-d, and he was very exceptional and unparalleled, whether in Halacha or Aggadah, as he was a prominent preacher…".
A signature extends over leaves 2-11: "This Tehillim belongs to… Yisrael Aharon son of R. Moshe Zaris Villover".
[3], 4-438 pages; [3], 64 pages. 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor tears. Wear and mold stains to first leaves, with marginal paper repairs. Worming to the leaves of Seder Maamadot. New, elegant leather binding.
This 1857 edition is not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book. Listing 0305437 records a preceding edition of this book printed in Zhitomir in 1855. The listing does not mention leaves 214-219 which appear in this copy – indexes to the book Amarot Tehorot (see Kedem Auction 49, item 13).