Auction 93 Part 2 - Ancient Books, Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books, Manuscripts and Letters
Or HaGanuz (Anipoli) – Segulah Book – Lviv, 1866 – First Edition – Approbation by the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch
Or HaGanuz, novellae on the Torah according to allegoric, kabbalistic and Chassidic approaches, with a second part – VeZot LiYehuda, novellae on Mishnayot "according to allegoric and kabbalistic approaches, lofty secrets", by R. Yehuda Leib HaKohen of Anipoli. Lviv: Uri Ze'ev Wolf Salat, [1866]. First edition. Divisional title page for part II.
The book bears the only approbation to a book ever issued by the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. Other approbations, by R. Mordechai of Chernobyl (the Maggid of Chernobyl) and his sons, extols the segulah and protective qualities of the book.
[1], 12; 84; 33 leaves. Approx. 25 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Marginal open tears to title page and several other leaves, repaired in part with tape. Worming, affecting text. Handwritten inscriptions. Old binding, with defects; tear to spine.