ASHER TZVI BEN DAVID OF KORETZ AND OSTROG. Ma’ayan HaChachmah [Chassidic discourses on Torah, Tehhilim, Pirkei Avoth]

AUCTION 46 | Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art

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Lot 78
(CHASSIDISM)

ASHER TZVI BEN DAVID OF KORETZ AND OSTROG. Ma’ayan HaChachmah [Chassidic discourses on Torah, Tehhilim, Pirkei Avoth]

FIRST EDITION. Title within ornate architectural arch. THE RABBI NACHUM DOV-BER FRIEDMAN OF SADIGURA COPY, with his alternating stamp and inscription on title, signature on front-free endpaper and book-label on front pastedown. ff.(2),116. Some staining, slight worming in places, title repaired affecting some text. Contemporary calf, rubbed. 4to Vinograd, Koretz 123; Tauber, Koretz 73; Y. Raphael (ed.), Encyclopedia LeChassiduth 1980, p. 394-95

Koretz: Abraham ben Issac 1817

Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $2,250
The author of this work was one of the outstanding disciples of the Maggid of Mezhritch and was highly respected within Chassidic circles.