Shivchei HaBeSH”T [collected tales of the Baal Shem Tov, founder of the Chassidic Movement].

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $2,500

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author

(CHASSIDISM).

Place

(Zolkiew)

Publication

1817

Description

Second Yiddish edition. Printer’s woodcut devices. The Haim Liberman copy.

references

Vinograd, Zolkiew 800; Y. Raphael, Areshet II, p. 372 no. 27 (illustrated); Stefansky, Chassiduth 552.

summary

The Shivchei HaBeSH”T is the earliest and the most popular Chassidic work to appear concerning the life and teachings of the Baal Shem Tov. According to some, it interweaves fact with fable, nevertheless, it remains one of the most important literary sources concerning the founder of the Chassidic Movement. * Bound with: Five other works (all incomplete), including: Gedulath Yoseph (Yiddish), Hagadah Ma’aseh Nissim, Sipurei Hapla’oth (Yiddish), Lekitath Yitzchak and Eitz Chaim (Yiddish).

ff. 20. Some staining, few words underlined. Unbound. 4to.

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