Dov Baer ben Shneur Zalman of Lubavitch (The Mitteler Rebbe). Imrei Binah [on the unity of God]

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00

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Dov Baer ben Shneur Zalman of Lubavitch (The Mitteler Rebbe). Imrei Binah [on the unity of God]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Printer’s device of Israel Jaffe on title (Yaari, no. 183). Printed on tinted paper. Wide margined copy. ff. 2, 21, 140 (mispaginated but all complete). Previous owners’ marks, some staining. Modern half-calf over marbled boards. 4to. Vinograd, Kopyst 98; Habermann, Sha’arei Chabad 7; Wiener 758.

Kopyst: Israel Jaffe 1821

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,250

<<First edition of a fundamental text of Chabad Chassidic philosophy.>> The author (1773-1827) inherited the mantle of Chassidic leadership from his father, R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of the Chabad School of Chassiduth. Fondly known by his followers as the ‘Mitteler Rebbe,’ it was he who established the center of Chabad in the Russian hamlet of Lubavitch. The Imrei Binah, displays R. Dov Baer’s exceptional mastery of the esoteric doctrine of Chabad mysticism. The “Ovdim” of Chabad would pray with intense devotion for a great many hours whilst meditating upon the contemplative Chassidic thought developed in this important work.