Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Tzemach Hashem LiTzvi – Berditchev, 1818 – First Edition

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Tzemach Hashem LiTzvi, Chassidic essays on the Torah, by R. Tzvi Hirsh of Nadvorna. [Berditchev (Berdychiv): R. Yisrael Bak, ca. 1818]. First edition.
The author, Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Nadvorna (1740-1802), was one of the leading third generation Chassidic rebbes. Disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch and R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov, who was known to say that R. Tzvi Hirsh was the greatest of his disciples and that Eliyahu HaNavi desires his closeness.
[3], 28; 138 leaves. 20.5 cm. Printed (partially) on bluish paper. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Worming, affecting text, repaired in part with paper. Tears, including open tears to title page and other leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper (line at foot of title page replaced in photocopy). Inscriptions. New binding.
Including leaf [3], with third approbation and omissions from Parashiot Ki Tisa and Shemini, found in some copies only.


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