Or HaMeir - Korets, After 1798 - Second Edition

Or HaMeir - Korets, After 1798 - Second Edition
Or HaMeir, homiletics and allusions on the Torah, the Megillot and Festivals, according to Chassidic and Kabbalistic teachings, by Rebbe Ze'ev Wolf of Zhitomir. Korets, [after 1798]. Second edition.
Or HaMeir is one of the first Chassidic books, and contains teachings of the Baal Shem Tov. The author, R. Ze'ev Wolf of Zhitomir was one of the foremost disciples of the Maggid of Mezeritch, and a close disciple of R. Yaakov Yosef of Polonne, R. Nachum of Chernobyl, R. Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev and R. Pinchas of Korets.
Ownership inscriptions on the title page and other leaves.
[2], 260 leaves. 20.5 cm. Greenish paper. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Open tear to title page, affecting title and text on verso, with loss, repaired with paper (with photocopy and handwritten replacement of missing text). Open tear to another leaf, affecting leaf numeral. Worming, affecting text in several places. Many handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding. Bookplate.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 25.