JACOB JOSEPH HAKOHEN OF POLONNOYE. Ben Porath Yosef [homilies to the Book of Genesis, with responsa, discourses and a letter from the Baal Shem Tov to his brother-in-law]

Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
Hammer price: $2,750

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author

(CHASSIDISM).

printer

Zvi Hirsch ben Aryeh Leib and Samuel ben Issacher Ber Segal

Place

Korzec

Publication

1781

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch

references

Vinograd, Korzec 9

summary

Fundamental work by the first theoretician of Chassidism. See S.H. Dresner, The Zaddik (1960)

ff.(1),100. Title and final leaves remargined, wormholes repaired with loss of few letters, lightly stained. Modern half-calf over marbled boards. Sm. folio

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