Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Imrei Moshe - First Edition - Book Printed Partly in Safed and Partly in Lviv - Two Copies
Opening: $300
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Imrei Moshe, Chassidic essays on the Torah portions, by R. Avraham Yosef Moshe Podhorzer, disciple of R. Moshe Leib of Sassov. Safed-[Lviv], [1866]. First edition. Two copies.
The book was printed in two different places: Safed and Lviv. Most of the book (leaves 1-32) was printed in Safed, in large Rashi script. The book was later completed in Lviv, where the title page (featuring Safed as place of printing), 7 following leaves, and leaves 33-36 were printed. These leaves were printed in small Rashi script. In order to make the book more uniform, the first page of leaf 1 was also reprinted in Lviv and pasted over the original leaf 1.
The present lot includes two copies: one with the new page pasted over the original page, and a second copy where the new page was removed, revealing the original page (the new page printed in Lviv is enclosed, provided from a different copy).
Copy 1: [8], 36 leaves. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Open tear to title page, repaired with paper, and minor marginal tear to another leaf, not affecting text. Stamps. New binding.
Copy 2: [8], 36 leaves; [1] leaf enclosed. 21.5 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains, including inkstains, and wear. Open tears to original leaf 1, affecting text, reinforced with paper. Minor worming (including worming to enclosed leaf, slightly affecting text). Margins trimmed unevenly. Handwritten inscriptions. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 56.
The book was printed in two different places: Safed and Lviv. Most of the book (leaves 1-32) was printed in Safed, in large Rashi script. The book was later completed in Lviv, where the title page (featuring Safed as place of printing), 7 following leaves, and leaves 33-36 were printed. These leaves were printed in small Rashi script. In order to make the book more uniform, the first page of leaf 1 was also reprinted in Lviv and pasted over the original leaf 1.
The present lot includes two copies: one with the new page pasted over the original page, and a second copy where the new page was removed, revealing the original page (the new page printed in Lviv is enclosed, provided from a different copy).
Copy 1: [8], 36 leaves. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Open tear to title page, repaired with paper, and minor marginal tear to another leaf, not affecting text. Stamps. New binding.
Copy 2: [8], 36 leaves; [1] leaf enclosed. 21.5 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains, including inkstains, and wear. Open tears to original leaf 1, affecting text, reinforced with paper. Minor worming (including worming to enclosed leaf, slightly affecting text). Margins trimmed unevenly. Handwritten inscriptions. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 56.
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