EXTREMELY RARE handsome 19th-century edition of "Menorath Ha-Maor", a collection of homilies on ethics and morality by the medieval Rabbi Isaac Aboab I. The book features more modern commentary, as well as an Yiddish translation. The book features decorated title pages and several text decorations. 250x185mm. 183+221 double pages. Brown quarter-cloth Hardcover. Cover worn, peeling and bumped. Cover edges and corners bumped and peeling. Spine worn. Pencil inscription on whitepage and first title page. Stamps on title pages. Wormholes extending from front cover to page 47 and from rear cover to page 143 with slight damage to few letters of the text. Binding slightly cracked and visible between pages 157-158. Few pages slightly torn on shoulders but restored. Pages yellowing, wavy and slightly age-stained. [SUMMARY]: Despite the aforementioned damage, this rare edition of a pivotal medieval Jewish text is in good reading condition for its age.