Nachman of Breslov. Likutei MahaRa’N

AUCTION 20 | Monday, June 02nd, 2003 at 5:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books from the Library of the Late Salman Schocken (1877-1959)

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Lot 9

(CHASSIDISM)

Nachman of Breslov. Likutei MahaRa’N

FIRST EDITION. Title within typographical border. Printed on blue-tinted paper. Signature of Isaac Twersky, son of the Rabbi of Ostrog on title and f.1. Annotation on f.1 stating that this book was presented to Abraham Joshua (Twersky?) as a wedding gift ff. (1), 162. Mispaginated, though complete. Neat marginal repairs on a few leaves, previous owmer stamp “Josef Schneid of Przemysl” on title, marginal annotation on f.1. Recent calf-backed boards. 4to Vinograd, Ostrog 59; Scholem, Eile Shemoth (1928) p.12 no.31

Ostrog: Samuel ben Issachar Segal 1808

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $16,000

There is considerable confusion regarding the date of the first edition of this seminal Chassidic work. Friedberg (Lamed 622) records 1806, however, this is a clear misreading of the chronogram. Ben Ya’akov and Weiner correctly present the date as 1808. Yaari, in Ha’dephus Ha’ivri Be’ostraha (in: Alei Sepher, vol. I (1975), p. 123, no. 34), records that the publishers of the second edition (1821) state that, “the first edition was published 13 years ago in Ostrog” The present copy is therefore the definative First Edition.