Auction 56

Netzach Yisrael by the Maharal of Prague—chassidic edition with the approbation of Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev and the Maggid of Kozhnitz. 1793.

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Sefer Netzach Yisrael by Rabbi Yehuda Leiv ben Rabbi Betzalel—the Maharal of Prague. Second edition (the previous edition was from years before, during the author’s lifetime). Brought to the printer by the naggid Rabbi Yaakov Moshe of Yarolsav, student of the Maggid of Kozhnitz, upon whose orders the works of the Maharal were printed for a second time. Nowy Dwór. [2], 79, 60-62 leaves.


(On the title page, above the printer’s symbol, is the number 100. For the significance of the number see: Avraham Yaari, Kiryat Sefer, 9, 1932-33 (pp. 436-37) and 10, 1933-34 (pp. 372-74).

Approbations from the Admor Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev and the Admor Rabbi Yisrael bar Shabtai (Hopstein), the Maggid of Kozhnitz.

Stains, worming damage in a number of places, a number of the last leaves have tape hiding text, creases, tears in the edges, overall fair condition.

Stamp on the title page: “Yisrael Dov Heller.”