Online Auction 42 - Chabad

Special Chabad Auction in Honor of Chag HaGeulah Yud-Tes Kislev – Rosh Hashana of Chassidut - Marking the Date in which Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi was Released from Czarist Imprisonment

Sefer Magen Avot (Kopust) – Complete Set – First Edition – Berditchev, 1902

Opening: $300
Sold for: $2,125
Including buyer's premium

Magen Avot, Chassidic essays on the Torah portions and the festivals, Shir HaShirim, selections on Neviim and Ketuvim and wedding homilies, by Rebbe Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn of Kopust, grandson and close disciple of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. Berditchev (Berdychiv): Hayyim Ya'akov Sheftil, 1902. First edition. Complete Set - Seven parts in seven volumes; two title pages to each volume.
The first six parts comprise essays printed based on the author's manuscript. Part VII contains essays recorded by his listeners ("Shomeim Muvhakim") and edited by him.
Ownership inscriptions.
Seven parts in seven volumes.

* Part I (Bereshit): [4], 48 ff.

* Part II (Shemot): [2], 57 ff.

* Part III (Vayikra): [2], 50, [2] ff.

* Part IV (BaMidbar): [2], 80 ff.

* Part V (Devarim): [1], 105, [1] ff. Lacking second title page.

* Part VI (Shir HaShirim, selections and wedding homilies): [2], 48 ff. Lacking 3 final leaves.

* Part VII (essays recorded by the author's listeners and index): [2], 74, [1]; 15 ff.
31.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains (large dark stains to inner marings of part VI). Worming (with minor damage to text of part I). First and last leaves of part V reinforced with paper strips. Inscriptions and stamps. New matching bindings.
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"Beis Rebbe"
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