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Lot 46

Sefer Magen Avot (Kopust) – Complete Set – First Edition – Berditchev, 1902

Magen Avot, Chassidic essays on the Torah portions and the festivals, Shir HaShirim, selections on Neviim and Ketuvim and wedding homilies, by Rebbe Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn of Kopust, grandson and close disciple of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. Berditchev (Berdychiv): Hayyim Ya'akov Sheftil, 1902. First edition. Complete set; seven parts in two volumes; two title pages for each volume.

The first six parts comprise essays printed from Rebbe Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn's manuscripts. Part VII is composed of sermons, taken down by the author's disciples ("Shomim Muvhakim"), edited and corrected by him.

Ownership inscription to front endpaper of vol. I. 

Seven parts in two volumes.

* Volume I (Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra and BaMidbar): [4], 48 ff.; [2], 57 ff.; [2], 50 ff.; [2], 80, [2] ff.

* Volume II (Devarim, Shir HaShirim, selections and wedding homilies, and essays recorded by the author's listeners): [2], 105, [1] ff.; [2], 49 ff.; [2], 74, [1] ff.; 15 ff.

Approx. 30.5-32 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Creases and minor wear. Tears and minor worming. New matching bindings.

PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to the Hebrew text.