Online Auction 42 - Chabad

Special Chabad Auction in Honor of Chag HaGeulah Yud-Tes Kislev – Rosh Hashana of Chassidut - Marking the Date in which Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi was Released from Czarist Imprisonment

Amudei Gola (Semak) – Liadi, 1805 – Approbation by Ba'al HaTanya – Only Hebrew Book Printed in Liadi

Opening: $250
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Amudei Gola, Sefer Mitzvot Katan (Semak) by R. Yitzchak (Isaac) of Corbeil. Liadi, Baruch, Yitzchak and Moshe Segal, [1805].
Approbations by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya, and R. Chanoch Henich Shick of Shklov. This is one of the few approbations of the Ba'al HaTanya which has seen print.
117, 116-117 ff. Approx. 21 cm. Blue and greenish paper. Good-fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains and dark stains. Wear. Tears and marginal open tears. Tear to title page, repaired. Worming, affecting text in some places. Leaves unevenly trimmed. Censorship stamp and inscriptions on title page. New leather binding.
This is the only Hebrew book printed in Liadi, Ba'al HaTanya's home town. More about the Liadi printing house, see: Friedberg, Toldot HaDfus HaIvri B'Polania [History of Jewish Printing in Poland], p. 137.
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