Engraving of the Baal Shem, the Great Rabbi Sekel Lev from Michelstadt. Half-length portrait facing front. With captions below in Hebrew and French.

AUCTION 72 | Thursday, March 16th, 2017 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art

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WORMSER, YITZCHAK ARYEH ZEKEL LEIB (BAAL SHEM OF MICHELSTADT).

Engraving of the Baal Shem, the Great Rabbi Sekel Lev from Michelstadt. Half-length portrait facing front. With captions below in Hebrew and French.

Lithography by Simon fils of Strasbourg. Stained, repair along left margin. 7 x 6 inches image size (11 x 9 leaf size).

Germany, early 19th-century:

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

Yitzchak Aryeh Zekel Leib Wormser (1768-1847) was celebrated as the Baal Shem of Michelstadt due to his reputation as a master of occult powers and who rigorously followed an ascetic, Chassidic way of life.