Auction 117 Special sale for the upcoming high holidays
Sep 16, 2019
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel

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LOT 28:

Maggid Devarav L'Ya'akov, Early Edition


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Maggid Devarav L'Ya'akov, Early Edition

Maggid Devarav L'Ya'akov - essays on Chassidut by Rabbi Dov Ber, the "Maggid of Mezeritch." Lvov, Printed with neither printer's name nor year of print, year detail reads: 1697 [1797, 1812, 1830?]

On the title page: Printed for the third time, per the edition printed in Lvov in 1792.

The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book lists this edition as printed in 1797, and according to this, the year detail on the title page is off by 100 years. However, there are those who maintain the year of print to be c. 1830.

Rabbinic owners' signatures on the title page and on the last page ... Menachem Mendel son of Moreinu Rabbi Shmuel ...

4 [1] 4- 31 leaves, 23.5 cm. Bluish paper.

Fine condition. Aging stains. Not bound.