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Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
Nefesh HaChaim – Königsberg, 1860 – Sharp Handwritten Comments
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Nefesh HaChaim by R. Chaim of Volozhin. [Königsberg, 1860]. Third edition.
In the margins of the leaves of Shaar IV and in the eight chapters preceding Shaar IV (in which R. Chaim of Volozhin polemicizes with the Chassidic movement), there are handwritten comments, containing sharp retorts on the contents of the book; for example: " It seems to me that this is not from the author, rather a lowly person said this", and (at the end of chapter VIII): " These eight chapters were not said by the author, and if in fact they were, he was mistaken, and He is merciful and will expiate his iniquity and forgive him".
The comments were presumably written by a proponent of the Chassidic movement. They were all later covered with pieces of paper. Some of these pieces of paper were removed, yet some comments are still illegible.
[2], 3-126 pages. Approx. 22 cm. Fair condition. Large stains and wear. Tears and worming, affecting text. New binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1419.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
In the margins of the leaves of Shaar IV and in the eight chapters preceding Shaar IV (in which R. Chaim of Volozhin polemicizes with the Chassidic movement), there are handwritten comments, containing sharp retorts on the contents of the book; for example: " It seems to me that this is not from the author, rather a lowly person said this", and (at the end of chapter VIII): " These eight chapters were not said by the author, and if in fact they were, he was mistaken, and He is merciful and will expiate his iniquity and forgive him".
The comments were presumably written by a proponent of the Chassidic movement. They were all later covered with pieces of paper. Some of these pieces of paper were removed, yet some comments are still illegible.
[2], 3-126 pages. Approx. 22 cm. Fair condition. Large stains and wear. Tears and worming, affecting text. New binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1419.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
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