Auction 83 - Part I - Rare and Important Items
Arvei Nachal – Sudylkiv, 1825-1826 – First Edition
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Arvei Nachal, on the Torah portions, by R. David Shlomo Eybeschutz, rabbi of Soroca. [Sudylkiv: Pinchas Eliezer Bilitch? 1825-1826].
The author, R. David Shlomo Eybeschutz (1755-1813, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, pp. 501-503), was a prominent Chassidic leader and posek, and served as rabbi of Soroca. In 1809, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Safed, where he was ultimately buried. His relative R. Levi Yitzchak of Berdychiv praises him in his approbation to Levushei Serad as "astute and well-versed in Torah as the sages of old, and all his deeds are performed for the sake of Heaven". R. Eybeschutz authored many compositions, including the famous halachic work Levushei Serad. His book Arvei Nachal became a classic Chassidic text, reprinted in over 20 editions.
Ownership inscriptions on leaf [2] and leaf 3 of second sequence of first volume: "This book belongs to R. Shmuel Yehuda Leib Goldberg of Vlodavka", "This book belongs to the wise, renowned Chassid… R. Shmuel Yehuda son of the late Efraim Schiff".
Two volumes. Vol. I: [2], 98; 41 leaves. Vol. II: [1], 43-168 leaves. 23 cm. Overall fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Mold stains to several leaves of vol. I. Tears, including open tears, affecting text (repaired in part with paper). Open tears to title page of vol. I, affecting text and ornaments on both sides of leaf, repaired with paper and photocopy replacement. Worming (including significant worming), affecting text, repaired in part with paper (handwritten replacement of missing text on title page of vol. II). Leaves trimmed close to headings, with damage to headings in several places. Stamps. New leather bindings.
Two parallel editions of the book are known, with several typographic differences between them. Lieberman asserts that one of them is the first edition, and the second, "an intermediate edition" (see: Ch. Lieberman, Ohel Rachel, I, New York 1980, pp. 372-373; listed as such in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book). According to the differences listed by Lieberman, both of the present volumes are from the first edition.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 470 (lists both editions as variants of the first edition).
The author, R. David Shlomo Eybeschutz (1755-1813, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, pp. 501-503), was a prominent Chassidic leader and posek, and served as rabbi of Soroca. In 1809, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Safed, where he was ultimately buried. His relative R. Levi Yitzchak of Berdychiv praises him in his approbation to Levushei Serad as "astute and well-versed in Torah as the sages of old, and all his deeds are performed for the sake of Heaven". R. Eybeschutz authored many compositions, including the famous halachic work Levushei Serad. His book Arvei Nachal became a classic Chassidic text, reprinted in over 20 editions.
Ownership inscriptions on leaf [2] and leaf 3 of second sequence of first volume: "This book belongs to R. Shmuel Yehuda Leib Goldberg of Vlodavka", "This book belongs to the wise, renowned Chassid… R. Shmuel Yehuda son of the late Efraim Schiff".
Two volumes. Vol. I: [2], 98; 41 leaves. Vol. II: [1], 43-168 leaves. 23 cm. Overall fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Mold stains to several leaves of vol. I. Tears, including open tears, affecting text (repaired in part with paper). Open tears to title page of vol. I, affecting text and ornaments on both sides of leaf, repaired with paper and photocopy replacement. Worming (including significant worming), affecting text, repaired in part with paper (handwritten replacement of missing text on title page of vol. II). Leaves trimmed close to headings, with damage to headings in several places. Stamps. New leather bindings.
Two parallel editions of the book are known, with several typographic differences between them. Lieberman asserts that one of them is the first edition, and the second, "an intermediate edition" (see: Ch. Lieberman, Ohel Rachel, I, New York 1980, pp. 372-373; listed as such in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book). According to the differences listed by Lieberman, both of the present volumes are from the first edition.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 470 (lists both editions as variants of the first edition).
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