ASHER TZVI BEN DAVID OF KORETZ AND OSTROG. Ma’ayan HaChachmah [Chassidic discourses on Torah, Tehhilim, Pirkei Avoth]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $2,250

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author

(CHASSIDISM)

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Abraham ben Issac

Place

Koretz

Publication

1817

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within ornate architectural arch. THE RABBI NACHUM DOV-BER FRIEDMAN OF SADIGURA COPY, with his alternating stamp and inscription on title, signature on front-free endpaper and book-label on front pastedown.

references

Vinograd, Koretz 123; Tauber, Koretz 73; Y. Raphael (ed.), Encyclopedia LeChassiduth 1980, p. 394-95

summary

The author of this work was one of the outstanding disciples of the Maggid of Mezhritch and was highly respected within Chassidic circles.

ff.(2),116. Some staining, slight worming in places, title repaired affecting some text. Contemporary calf, rubbed. 4to

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