(“The Tosfos Yom-Tov.”) Megilath Eivah.

Estimate

$1,200–$1,800

Hammer price

Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

HELLER, YOM TOV LIPMANN.

printer

Hirsch Sulzbach

Place

Breslau

Publication

1837

Description

FIRST EDITION. Text in Hebrew and German.

references

Vinograd, Breslau 222.

summary

An account of the tribulations the author endured a result of his imprisonment under suspicion of slander of Christianity and treason against Ferdinand II; followed by his legal ordeal, incarceration and ultimately, justice and freedom. Upon eventual release and reappointment as Rabbi of Cracow, R. Heller established an annual celebration on the anniversary on which he won back his freedom. Centuries later, his numerous descendants still commemorate Rosh Chodesh Adar as per their ancestor’s instructions. See C. U. Lipschitz & N. Rosenstein, The Feast and the Fast (Brooklyn,1984).

pp. xii, 46. Ex-library, light wear, few neat repairs to corners. Contemporary boards, spine taped, lower cover detached. 8vo.

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