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Yitav Lev – First Edition – Sighet, 1875

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Yitav Lev, Chassidic, homiletical and ethical discourses on the Five Books of the Torah [by Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Sighet]. Sighet (Sighetu Marmației): Maramaroscher Actien-Buchdruckerei, 1875. First edition.
All five parts in two volumes. Main title page at the beginning of the first volume, and five abbreviated divisional title pages for each book of the Torah.
The book was printed anonymously in the author's lifetime. The book title is an acronym alluding to the name of the author – Yitav = Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum.
Handwritten ownership inscription on title page of the second volume signed Yehoshua Klein.


Five parts in two volumes. First volume (Parts I-II): [3], 141, [2]; 91, [1] leaves. Second volume (Parts III-V): [3], 55, [1]; [1], 80, [1]; [1], 52, 55-70, [1] leaves. 25-25.5 cm. Condition of volumes varies. Most leaves in the first volume in good-fair condition; first leaves in fair condition. Second volume in overall good condition. Stains. Large open tears to title page and first leaves of first volume, affecting the title frame and text, repaired with paper. Light worming. New, uniform bindings.

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