Four Breslev Books Printed in Jerusalem - First Editions - Signature of Rabbi Eliyahu Moshe Ma'aravi

Four Breslev Books Printed in Jerusalem - First Editions - Signature of Rabbi Eliyahu Moshe Ma'aravi
Four books of Breslev Chassidism, first editions. Three were printed in Jerusalem and the fourth has a false place of printing, "Printed here in Jerusalem". One book bears the signature of the celebrated Kabbalist R. Eliyahu Moshe Ma'aravi.
1. Hishtapchut HaNefesh, "compiled and based on the old holy way…". Jerusalem, [1903]. First edition, printed anonymously [the author is R. Moshe Yehoshua Bedziliansky, alluded to in the text on the title page in the words "They are aspects of Moshe and Yehoshua]. At the top of the title page is a signature of "Eliya'u Moshe Ma'aravi" [1873-1919, a leading kabbalist of Aleppo and Jerusalem, disciple and writer of the teachings of HaRav HaSadeh (R. Chaim Shaul HaCohen Dweck), together with R. Yehuda Patiya].
2-3. Yemei Moharnat, Part 2. "The journey of our teacher the tsaddik R. Natan of Breslev to Eretz Israel". Jerusalem, 1904. First edition of Part 2 [Part 1 was published in Lviv in 1876].Bound with: Pamphlet Ma'ase M'Bitachon, tales of R. Nachman of Breslev. Hebrew and Yiddish. Jerusalem, [c. 1904]. "Brought to the printing press by the young man R. Zvi Dov son of R. Avraham of Berdychiv". On the last leaf is a printed dedication: "Printed for the ascent of the soul of the woman Golda daughter of R. Avraham of Safed".
4. Machni'a Zedim. Polemic opposing heresy and Haskala, compiled from the books of R. Nachman of Breslev. "Printed here in Jerusalem", [Jerusalem? Lemberg?], [1874]. Last leaf is torn lacking most of the leaf. According to Friedberg in Beit Akad Sefarim, the book was printed in Jerusalem, however, the shape of the letters attest that the book was printed in Lemberg or in a different Eastern-European printing press (see: Naftali Ben Menachem, B'Sha'arei Sefer, p. 153).
4 books in 3 volumes, size and condition vary.