Auction 72 - Rare and Important Items
Kedushat Levi on the Torah / Kedushat Levi on Chanukah and Purim – Berdichev, 1816
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Kedushat Levi on the Torah and selections by Rebbe Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev. Berdichev, [1816]. With Kedushat Levi on Chanukah and Purim and commentaries on Aggadot. Berdichev, [1816]. Second edition of Kedushat HaLevi on the Torah and third edition of the homilies on Chanukah and Purim. Published by the author's grandson, R. Yosef. Printed by R. Yisrael [Bak] and R. Chaim Yitzchak.
Approbations by Chassidic masters: R. Avraham Yehoshua Heshel rabbi of Apta and Medzhybizh and R. Aharon of Zhitomir.
Ownership inscription on title page: "Ze'ev Wolf Zol[zitz] of Berdichev". Inscription on verso of title page "This book belongs to the wealthy… ".
Two books bound together. 3, [2], 3-4, 7-18, [1], 22-147 leaves; [2], 3-38 leaves. Leaves 5-6 of the first book are bound out of sequence, before leaf 3. 20 cm. Printed in part on greenish paper. Condition varies, most leaves in good condition. Stains. Traces of past dampness and minor damage (repaired with paper) to title page and first leaves. Minor tears to last leaves (repaired). Repaired tear to upper part of leaf 36 of the last sequence, affecting heading and page numbering (completed by hand). Stamps. New, elegant leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 510.
Approbations by Chassidic masters: R. Avraham Yehoshua Heshel rabbi of Apta and Medzhybizh and R. Aharon of Zhitomir.
Ownership inscription on title page: "Ze'ev Wolf Zol[zitz] of Berdichev". Inscription on verso of title page "This book belongs to the wealthy… ".
Two books bound together. 3, [2], 3-4, 7-18, [1], 22-147 leaves; [2], 3-38 leaves. Leaves 5-6 of the first book are bound out of sequence, before leaf 3. 20 cm. Printed in part on greenish paper. Condition varies, most leaves in good condition. Stains. Traces of past dampness and minor damage (repaired with paper) to title page and first leaves. Minor tears to last leaves (repaired). Repaired tear to upper part of leaf 36 of the last sequence, affecting heading and page numbering (completed by hand). Stamps. New, elegant leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 510.
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