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Bigdei Yesha – Selections and Reports from Chassidic Masters – Jerusalem, 1888 / Printed Advertisement Leaf, Bibliographically Unknown
Bigdei Yesha, ethics and Chassidut. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny, 1888. First edition.
Printed anonymously. The author was R. Chaim Tzadok Wolf, the physician of Safed.
On leaf [2], index of Chassidic masters cited in the book. Some of these reports are oral teachings that were first published in this book.
[2], 50 leaves. 19.5 cm. Dry paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Creases and marginal tears to several leaves. Holes and small open tears to several leaves, as a result of binding. Some worming. Inscriptions on title page (including a different deciphering of authorship). New leather binding.
Enclosed is a separate leaf with a printed letter by Shlomo Perlman, sending the book to an unknown recipient (repaired by mounting on new paper, with minor tears affecting text at folds), dated 1888. This leaf indicates that Shlomo son of R. Elimelech Perlman was the publisher of the book, although p. [4] of the book alludes to the publisher as being R. Moshe Mordechai Chaikin (son-in-law of R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger). The present item indicates R. Shlomo Perlman, a leader of the Chassidic settlement in Jerusalem, was also involved in the publication of the book.
Sh. Halevy, no. 612.
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