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Kinat Hashem Tzevaot, Attributed to Rabbi Natan of Breslov – Polemic Against Maskilim – First Edition

Kinat Hashem Tzevaot, caustic polemic work against Moses Mendelssohn and the Maskilim of Berlin, attributed to R. Natan of Breslov (Moharnat). [Lviv?: printer not indicated, ca. 1880]. First edition.


This first edition was printed anonymously. The book was attributed to R. Natan of Breslov, and later editions were published under his name. This fact is however not conclusive.


40 pages. 18.5 cm. Pp. 17-24 erroneously bound before p. 9. Fair-good condition. Stains. Worming and minor tears, slightly affecting title page border and text on final leaf, repaired in part with tape. Handwritten inscriptions. New binding.


False imprint on the title page: "1852, as printed in Yas".