Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
Or HaMeir – Poritsk, 1815 – Two Variants – Original Title Page and Forged Title Page
Opening: $300
Sold for: $425
Including buyer's premium
Or HaMeir, Chassidic essays on the Torah, by R. Zeev Wolf of Zhitomir. Poritsk (Pavlivka): Shlomo ben Chanina, 1815. Two variants.
Two variants of the same edition, one with the true imprint and the other with a forged title page. The title page of the first copy indicates the place and year of printing and the name of the printer; on its verso are approbations by R. Mordechai son of R. Pinchas Rabbi of Koret and by R. Yisrael Dov Ber HaLevi of Stepan. The title page of the second copy was forged: The true place of printing is replaced by the word "in Korets", printed in large bold letters, headed by the abbreviation of "as printed" in very small letters. Instead of the name of the printer, the following appears: "Published by the rabbi… R. Avraham Yitzchak bookseller of Zhovkva", with a chronogram for the year 1787. The approbations on verso were omitted.
Signatures in both copies.
Two copies. First copy (original title page): [1], 58, 60-147; 48 leaves. Lacking leaf 59 of first sequence. 22.5 cm. Overall fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears to first leaves and one other leaf (affecting text), repaired with paper. Wear. Worming to some leaves. Second copy (forged title page): [1], 147; 48 leaves. Leaves 79-80 of first sequence bound twice. 22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Small tear to title page and small tears to final leaf, repaired with paper. Worming, affecting text. New leather bindings (non-uniform).
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 27.
Two variants of the same edition, one with the true imprint and the other with a forged title page. The title page of the first copy indicates the place and year of printing and the name of the printer; on its verso are approbations by R. Mordechai son of R. Pinchas Rabbi of Koret and by R. Yisrael Dov Ber HaLevi of Stepan. The title page of the second copy was forged: The true place of printing is replaced by the word "in Korets", printed in large bold letters, headed by the abbreviation of "as printed" in very small letters. Instead of the name of the printer, the following appears: "Published by the rabbi… R. Avraham Yitzchak bookseller of Zhovkva", with a chronogram for the year 1787. The approbations on verso were omitted.
Signatures in both copies.
Two copies. First copy (original title page): [1], 58, 60-147; 48 leaves. Lacking leaf 59 of first sequence. 22.5 cm. Overall fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears to first leaves and one other leaf (affecting text), repaired with paper. Wear. Worming to some leaves. Second copy (forged title page): [1], 147; 48 leaves. Leaves 79-80 of first sequence bound twice. 22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Small tear to title page and small tears to final leaf, repaired with paper. Worming, affecting text. New leather bindings (non-uniform).
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 27.
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