First editions of rare works of chassidut: Zikaron Eliyahu (Zidichev)—Lemberg 1880; Derech Chakech (Drohovitch) ...

First editions of rare works of chassidut: Zikaron Eliyahu (Zidichev)—Lemberg 1880; Derech Chakech (Drohovitch), Borislov 1887

Zikaron Eliyahu on the Torah and holidays, by the Admor Rabbi Eliyahu Eichenstein of Zidichev (1837-1878), son of the Admor Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac of Zidichev and son-in-law of Rabbi Yehuda Leivush Erlich, rabbi of Rozla (son-in-law of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch of Zidichev). Endorsements by the greatest Admorim from the time of printing, including Rabbi Avraham Yaakov of Sadigura, Rabbi Menachem Mendel (the Tzemach Tzaddik) of Vizhnitz and Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum the Yeitev Lev of Sighet. First edition, Lemberg 1880. Stefanski Chassidut 202. [6], 165, [3] leaves, missing 2 pages of the prenomeneranten (subscriber pages).

Bound with Derech Chakech, on the 613 mitzvot using kabbalah and chassidut, and the pamphlet Ma’adanei Chakim (separate title page), which uses a poem to hint at the 613 mitzvot using the letters of the Ten Commandments, by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hartman of Slatoyna and Borislov (1825-1905), a chassid of Rabbi Shimon of Yaroslav and Admorei Komarna. See: ME’orei Galicia, 2nd section, pages 691-698. Endorsements of the greatest Admorim of the time, Rabbi Menachem Mendel (the Tzemach Tzaddik) of Vizhnitz and his son the Imrei Baruch, Rabbi Eliezer Zvi Saprin of Komarna, and more. [7], 6-112, [4], 117-122, [7] leaves. Long, very detailed subscriber pages (prenomeneranten). Stains and light defects, overall very good condition.

Stamp of ownership: “Haim Nachum Mermelstein in Eregsoz” (probably the son-in-law of Rabbi Leivush Ehrlich of Bergsaz, son of Rabbi Naftali Ehrlich, Av Beit Din of Delatin and grandson of the father-in-law of the Admor Rabbi Eliyahu of Zidichov.