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Amudei Golah (Smak) – Approbation of the Baal HaTanya – Liadi, 1805 – Only Hebrew Book Printed in Liadi
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Amudei Golah, Sefer Mitzvot Katan (Smak) by R. Yitzchak of Corbeil. Liadi: Baruch son of Eliyahu, Yitzchak son of Shmuel and Moshe son of Naftali Hertz Segal, [1805].
With approbations of Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Alter Rebbe, author of the Tanya and Shulchan Aruch HaRav, dated 12th Av 1805, and of R. Chanoch Henich Schick of Shklow. The Alter Rebbe's approbation in this book is one of the few approbations of his to be printed.
Ownership inscription on endpaper and signature on title page: "Matityah Shlomo".
[1], 2-117, 116-117 leaves. Approx, 21 cm. Bluish paper. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear. Marginal tears and light worming. Stamp and inscriptions to endpapers and title page. Old binding, partly detached.
The only Hebrew book to be printed in Liadi, hometown of the Baal HaTanya. The book was printed by the Shklow printers who attempted to establish a press in Liadi, but returned to their press in Shklow after the single attempt represented by the present item.