Auction 72 - Rare and Important Items

Likutim Yekarim – Lemberg 1792 – First Edition

Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
Likutim Yekarim, anthology of Chassidic essays from the founders of Chassidut, R. Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, and his disciples: R. Dov Ber Maggid of Mezeritch, R. Menachem Mendel of Premishlan and R. Yechiel Michel Maggid of Zlotchov. Lemberg (Lviv): R. Yehuda Shlomo Yarish Rappoport, [1792].
The vast majority of the book comprises selections of the teachings of the Maggid of Mezeritch.
[2], 40 leaves. 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Ownership inscriptions on title page (faded). Dampstains. Worming and open tears to title page and many other leaves, affecting text in some places, proffessionaly repaired. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 301.
The printing press of R. Yehuda Shlomo Yarish Rappoport also notably published the holy book Noam Elimelech in 1788, and its workers were reputedly holy men of the 36 hidden righteous people of the generation (see: R. B. Landau, R. Elimelech MiLizhensk, Jerusalem, 1963, p. 311, who quotes an oral tradition [in the name of R. Moshe Halberstam], on the unique qualities of R. Shlomo Yarish's edition of the Noam Elimelech, which "was printed by G-d fearing workers, who worked in sanctity and purity, and some were of the 36 hidden righteous ones upon whom the world stands").
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