Auction 83 - Part II - Books by the Baal HaTanya and Chabad Rebbes
Avodat HaLevi – Lviv-Warsaw, 1842-1866 – First Edition – All Four Parts in Four Volumes
Avodat HaLevi, Chassidic essays on the Torah portions and festivals, Haftarot, Megillot, letters, selections on various topics of Kabbalah and Chassidut, and responsa, by Rebbe Aharon HaLevi Segal Horowitz of Strashelye. [Lviv]-Warsaw, [1842-1866]. First edition.
Complete set – four parts in four volumes.
Vol. I (Bereshit-Vayikra, festivals and Megillot – Lviv, 1842): [2], 93, [1], 76; 56 leaves. Vol. II (Selections and responsa – Lviv, 1842): [1], 35, [2], 45-106; 18 leaves. Vol. III (Bamidbar – Warsaw, 1866): [2], 2; 31, 33-76 leaves. Two leaves of Parashat Devarim were mistakenly bound after the leaf of approbations. Leaves 27-28 bound after leaf 24. Vol. IV (Devarim – Warsaw, 1866): [2], 2; 62; 18, [3] leaves. Approx. 24 cm. Overall good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Minor worming, slightly affecting text in several places. Extensive wear and tears to two leaves of vol. IV. Tears, including open tear to one leaf in vol. I, affecting text, repaired with paper. Open tear to top of title page of vol. I, not affecting border. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, nos. 450, 451.
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