Auction 57

2 chassidic works, first editions. Divrei Shmuel (Niklasburg) and Kedushat Levi on Pirkei Avot. Lemberg 1862.

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Volume with two first-edition Chassidic works:


1. Divrei Shmuel, a Chassidic work on the Torah by Rabbi Shmuel Shmelka of Niklasburg, printed for the first time here based on manuscripts possessed by the Maggid of Kozhnitz, decorated with approbations from Rabbi Yeshaya Muscat of Prague and Rabbi Yosef Shaul Natansohn of Lviv. Lemberg 1862. Stefanski Chassidus 124. Rare variant with an additional title page. [3], 5-58 leaves.

2. Kedushat Levi on Pirkei Avot, by Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev. With kavanot mikvah at the end by the Besht. Printed for the first time here based on manuscripts possessed by the Maggid of Kozhnitz, decorated with approbations from Rabbi Yeshaya Muscat of Prague and Rabbi Yosef Shaul Natansohn of Lviv. Lemberg 1862. Stefanski Chassidus 512. 8 leaves.

The binding leaf has antique signatures: “Avraham Shlomo Reischer”. A few tears in the corners of some leaves. Stains, minor defects. Overall good condition.