A collection of ten volumes of Hebrew and Yiddish manuscripts in cursive Aschkenazi script in various hands

AUCTION 32 | Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 217

(CHASSIDISM)

A collection of ten volumes of Hebrew and Yiddish manuscripts in cursive Aschkenazi script in various hands

Various inks (approximately 60 leaves in hectograph). With signature of the celebrated Chasid, Mendel Futerfass Approximately 650 leaves

Russia: 19th - 20th century

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $8,000

Collection of six generations of Chabad Chassidic Discourses, including a history of the Alter Rebbe, the Miteler Rebbe, the Zemach Zedek (unusually entitled in one of the indices as the third Rebbe), the Mahara”sh, the Rasha”b, and R. Yoseph Yitzchak. Plus several small discourses entitled “Torath Mahara”h” (apparently R. Hillel of Paritch). Contains a wealth of material, including short citations in the name of the Baal Shem Tov. Important to compare to published texts