Shivchei HaBeSH”T [collected tales of the Baal Shem Tov, founder of the Chassidic Movement].

AUCTION 62 | Thursday, June 26th, 2014 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 52

(CHASSIDISM).

Shivchei HaBeSH”T [collected tales of the Baal Shem Tov, founder of the Chassidic Movement].

Second Yiddish edition. Printer’s woodcut devices. The Haim Liberman copy. ff. 20. Some staining, few words underlined. Unbound. 4to. Vinograd, Zolkiew 800; Y. Raphael, Areshet II, p. 372 no. 27 (illustrated); Stefansky, Chassiduth 552.

(Zolkiew): 1817

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $2,500

The Shivchei HaBeSH”T is the earliest and the most popular Chassidic work to appear concerning the life and teachings of the Baal Shem Tov. According to some, it interweaves fact with fable, nevertheless, it remains one of the most important literary sources concerning the founder of the Chassidic Movement. <<* Bound with:>> Five other works (all incomplete), including: Gedulath Yoseph (Yiddish), Hagadah Ma’aseh Nissim, Sipurei Hapla’oth (Yiddish), Lekitath Yitzchak and Eitz Chaim (Yiddish).