EICHENSTEIN, TZVI HIRSCH. Atereth Tzvi [commentary to the Zohar]

AUCTION 41 | Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 1:00

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Lot 86

(CHASSIDISM)

EICHENSTEIN, TZVI HIRSCH. Atereth Tzvi [commentary to the Zohar]

Three parts bound in one volume. ALL FIRST EDITION Part I: ff. 1, 83, 85-152. Part II: ff. 1, 54. Part III: 1, 50. Some staining, slight marginal repair to first title and following two leaves, slight marginal worming on final leaves, previous owner’s marks, otherwise generally in fine condition. Modern boards. 4to Vinograd Lemberg 545, 741, 742; Mehlman 1102 a-c

(Lemberg: 1834 - after 1842)

Est: $6,000 - $8,000

RARE. To have all first editions bound together in three one volume is especially scarce. The author was the founder and most outstanding personality of the Zidachov Chassidic dynasty. Known as the "Sar Beth HaZohar,” his primary teacher was “the Seer” Jacob Isaac - the Chozeh of Lublin. R. Tzvi Hrsch's unique aproach to Chassidism focused upon strengthening the Kabbalistic-philosophical underpinnings of the Movement. He saw Chassidism as a channel by which the ideals of the later Kabbalists could be put into practice. See Tz.M. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidism (1996) pp.107-8; and on his life and work in general, see M. Braver, Tzvi LaTzadik (1931)