Auction 72
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art
Mar 17, 2017
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LOT 14:
WORMSER, YITZCHAK ARYEH ZEKEL LEIB (BAAL SHEM OF MICHELSTADT).
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Sold for: $1,600
Estimated price:
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2,000 - $2,500
Auction house commission:
25%
VAT: On commission only
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Engraving of the Baal Shem, the Great Rabbi Sekel Lev from Michelstadt. Half-length portrait facing front. With captions below in Hebrew and French.
Lithography by Simon fils of Strasbourg. Stained, repair along left margin. 7 x 6 inches image size (11 x 9 leaf size).
Germany, early 19th-century
Yitzchak Aryeh Zekel Leib Wormser (1768-1847) was celebrated as the Baal Shem of Michelstadt due to his reputation as a master of occult powers and who rigorously followed an ascetic, Chassidic way of life.
