Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Maggid Devarav LeYaakov (the Maggid of Mezeritch) – Berditchev, 1808

Opening: $300
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium

Maggid Devarav LeYaakov, selected essays by the Maggid R. Dov Ber of Mezeritch. Berditchev (Berdychiv), [1808].
With the letter sent by the Baal Shem Tov to his brother-in-law R. Avraham Gershon of Kitov, Kavanat HaMikveh by the Baal Shem Tov, and the account of the Maggid of Mezeritch's journey to the Baal Shem Tov.
[4], 40 leaves. 19.5 cm. Bluish paper. Fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Dark ink stain to title page, slightly affecting border. Worming, affecting text. Extensive worming to final leaf, affecting text, repaired in part with paper (leaf presumably supplied from a different copy). Marginal paper repairs to several leaves. Leaves trimmed close to headings in several places. Handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 329.


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