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Divrei Shir: Poems by Shlomo Zalman Aryeh Leib Jatkowski (1868)Divrei Shir: Poems by Shlomo Zalman Aryeh Leib Jatkowski (1868)

Manuscript book of poetry, *Divrei Shir*, written in Hebrew in a beautiful square and rabbinic hand on paper. The work, comprising 30 folios, was written in Kalvaria in 1868 by Shlomo Zalman Aryeh Leib Jatkowski. It is dedicated to the author's brother, who emigrated to America. The first two poems are dedicated to R. Yehuda Leib Ginzburg, Rabbi of Lazdei. The collection includes fifteen poems on various topics, some referencing life in America, and others referencing R. Moshe Chaim Luzatto, Naphtali Herz Wessely, and Adam Hacohen Levinson. The book shows ex-library markings and is bound in contemporary calf-backed boards. 12mo.