Likutei Maharin and Toldot Yitzchak ben Levi – Berditchev, 1811 – First Edition

Likutei Maharin and Toldot Yitzchak ben Levi – Berditchev, 1811 – First Edition
Likutei Maharin and Toldot Yitzchak ben Levi, kabbalistic commentary on the Torah portions and the Five Megillot, by R. Yisrael Rabbi of Pikov (Pykiv), son of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. Berditchev (Berdychiv), 1811. First edition.
The author, R. Yisrael Rabbi of Pikov (1763-1819), was the eldest son and close disciple of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. He also frequented the courts of R. Zusha of Anipoli and R. Moshe Leib of Sassov (with whom he collaborated in redeeming captives). In the early 1790s, he was appointed rabbi of Pikov. After the passing of his father in 1809, he succeeded him as rabbi of Berditchev. In his book Kedushat Levi (Slavita, 1798), R. Levi Yitzchak quotes novellae from his son R. Yisrael, in halacha and aggadah. His mechutan, the Baal HaTanya, termed him "pious and ascetic", and the Maggid of Kozhnitz acclaimed him a holy, godly man. In this book, he quotes his father's teachings dozens of times, with exceptional awe and reverence.
Ownership inscriptions on the title page, including: "From R. Asher son of Malka, to his relative R. Baruch Yosef son of R. Z.L." (this may be R. Baruch Yosef son of R. Yekutiel Zalman Leib Barzel of Tiberias, see Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, II, p 440, which states that he was the progenitor of the extended Barzel family in Eretz Israel); "Mine, Natan Rofe" (the kabbalist R. Natan Rofe of Tiberias, emissary of the Kollel R. Meir Baal HaNes to Bombay, d. 1968 in Haifa).
[2], 2-83 leaves. Extra copies of leaves 67-68. 21.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Marginal open tears to title page, repaired with paper (title page may have been supplied from a different copy). Marginal tears and open tears to several other leaves. Worming to title page and other leaves, affecting text (extensive worming to title page, affecting text and border, repaired; large wormhole to some ten leaves). Printing defects to a few leaves, affecting text. Stamp on title page. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 283.