(The Mitteler Rebbe). Ner Mitzvah VeTorah Ohr.

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(CHASSIDISM). DOV BAER OF LUBAVITCH.

printer

Israel Jaffe

Place

Kopyst

Publication

1820

Description

FIRST EDITION. Printed on green tinted paper.

references

Vinograd, Kopyst 93; Habermann, Shaarei Chabad 129; Stefansky Chassiduth Catalogue no. 395.

summary

First edition of a fundamental text of Chabad Chassiduth. The Author inherited the mantle of leadership from his father, R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of the Chabad School of Chassiduth. Fondly known by his Chassidim as the “Mitteler Rebbe,” it was he who established the center of Chabad in the Russian hamlet of Lubavitch.

ff. 4, (7), 133, (1), 57. Marginal repair to title touching some letters on verso, similar repair on two other leaves unaffecting text. Modern elaborately tooled calf. 8vo.

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