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

Yesod Yosef – Rabbi Yosef of Rovne, Amongst the First Disciples of the Maggid of Mezeritch – Minkovitz, 1803 – First Edition

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Yesod Yosef, allusions and numerical values of the Holy Names and Sefirot, with kabbalistic homiletics, by R. Yosef Yoske HaLevi of Rovne (Rivne), one of the elite and first disciples of the Maggid of Mezeritch. Minkovitz, [1803]. First edition.
Signature on title page; ownership inscriptions on title page and p. 11a.
[4], 9, 11-88, [1] leaves. Extra copies of leaves 57-58. 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears to title page, affecting border and text on both sides, repaired with paper. Worming to most leaves, with extensive damage to text, mostly repaired with paper. Handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 232.


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