Sepher HaChassidim [pietism]

Estimate: $150–$200
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

JUDAH THE CHASSID

printer

n.p.

Place

Vilna

Publication

1819

Description

Judeo-German. Title within typographic border. Joseph Opatoshu presentation copy

references

Vinograd, Vilna 124; Ch. Libeman, Ohel Rachel, Vol. III, p.151 (facsimile of title)

summary

Joseph Opatoshu (1886-1954), a Yiddish novelist and short-story teller, was particluarly popular for his contributions to New York’s Yiddish daily Der Tog. See EJ, Vol. XII, cols. 1409-1410. This copy of Sepher Chasidim was presented to Opatoshu upon his first visit to Eretz Israel in 1934

ff.(74). f.69 torn with some loss of text. Wormed. Modern boards. 4to

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