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Auction 32 · Lot 217

A collection of ten volumes of Hebrew and Yiddish manuscripts in cursive Aschkenazi script in various hands

Estimate
$5,000–$7,000
Hammer price
$8,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(CHASSIDISM)

Place

Russia

Publication

19th - 20th century

Description

Various inks (approximately 60 leaves in hectograph). With signature of the celebrated Chasid, Mendel Futerfass

summary

Collection of six generations of Chabad Chassidic Discourses, including a history of the Alter Rebbe, the Miteler Rebbe, the Zemach Zedek (unusually entitled in one of the indices as the third Rebbe), the Mahara”sh, the Rasha”b, and R. Yoseph Yitzchak. Plus several small discourses entitled “Torath Mahara”h” (apparently R. Hillel of Paritch). Contains a wealth of material, including short citations in the name of the Baal Shem Tov. Important to compare to published texts
Approximately 650 leaves
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