Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items

Likutei Amarim Tanya - Shklow, 1806 - First Edition of Igeret HaTeshuva

Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $3,250
Including buyer's premium
Likutei Amarim Tanya, Part 1 - Sefer shel Benonim, Part 2 - Chinuch Katan - Sha'ar HaYichud V'Ha'emuna and Part 3 - Igeret HaTeshuva. By Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi. Shklow, [1806]. Printed by the partners Baruch son of R. Eliyahu and Yitzchak son of R. Shmuel. Printed in the author's lifetime, first edition printed in Shklow.
Part 3 - Igeret HaTeshuva is bound in a separate volume (lacking last leaf). This is the first edition of Igeret HaTeshuva in the "Mahadura Batra" (afterward printed in all editions).
Two volumes. Vol. 1 - Parts 1-2: [4], 5-95, [1] leaves. Vol. 2 - Igeret HaTeshuva: [1], 2-17 leaves (lacking last leaf of Part 3, replaced with a photocopy). 16 cm. Printed on light blue paper. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Title page and several other leaves have restored tears (slightly affecting text). Worming. New bindings.
This edition has several variants. Igeret HaTeshuva was also printed separately with corrections of the list of errata which appears at the end of part 2. Stefansky Chassidut, no. 626.
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