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LOT 1:
Rare! Igeret Hakodesh by Baal HaTanya "Sulznach 1787" - Zholkva, ca. 1850?
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Sold for: $950 (₪3,069)
Price including buyer’s premium and sales tax:
$
1,230.25 (₪3,973.71)
Calculated by rate set by auction house at the auction day
Start price:
$
300
Buyer's Premium: 25%
VAT: 18%
On Buyer's Premium Only
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Item Overview
Description:
"Sefer Igeret Hakodesh, by the Rav... Marana Verabbana Shneur Zalman... full of wisdon and Mussar Haskel... printed in Sulzbach in 1787". Apparently printed in Zholkva in ca. 1850. 32 leaves. Stains. Som emoth perforations and small tears along the edges. No binding. Good overall condition.
Rare edition! An edition of Igeret Hakodesh from Sefer HaTanya that was printed in Zholkva in ca. 1850 - the title page was forged. According to it it, as stated, the book was printed in Sulzbach in 1787. Igeret Hakodesh printed here is based on the Shklow 1814 edition without the approbation and the two last chapters of Kuntres Acharon. See more: Sha'arei Chabad (Haberman) 86; Sefer HaTanya, Bibliography (Mondshine), p. 156, 14.
Varied ownership signatures on the title page: "יעקב יונה מהוסאקאב", ו"ישראל בירגער" and ownership stamps: "Marele rabin Eisig Rosenbaum Bucuresti" (referring to Rabbi Isaac Rosenbaum of Bucharest), a descendant of the Nadvorna Chassidut.
