83 162 HELLER, YOM TOV LIPMANN. (“The Tosfos Yom-Tov.”) Megilath Eivah. FIRST EDITION. Text in Hebrew and German. pp. xii, 46. Ex-library, light wear, few neat repairs to corners. Contemporary boards, spine taped, lower cover detached. 8vo. [Vinograd, Breslau 222.] Breslau, Hirsch Sulzbach, 1837. $1200-1800 ❧ 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). 163 HELMONT, FRANCISCUS MERCURIUS BARON VON. Alphabeti ver`e Naturalis Hebraici brevissima delineatio [“A Brief Delineation of the True Nature of the Hebrew Alphabet.”] Engraved frontispiece signed “F. Franck.” With 36 extraordinary engravings of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. pp. (36), 107, (1); ff. 36. Browned. Contemporary vellum. 12mo.[Freimann, p. 84.] Sulzbach, Abraham Lichtenthaler, 1657. $800-1200 ❧ Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont (1614-99) was a Belgian physician and philosopher. He postulates here that Hebrew is the most suitable language for teaching the deaf and dumb to speak. The most unusual copper engravings are designed to display the parts of the mouth from which a specific Hebrew sound is produced. See A. J. Klijnsmit, F. M. van Helmont: Kabbalist and Phonetician, in: Studia Rosenthaliana 30:2 (1996) pp. 267-281. 164 HIRSCHENSON, CHAIM. (Editor). Hamisdarona [Rabbinic, literary journal]. pp. 384; 382 (lacking one issue pp. 32-64); 32. Browned. Contemporary boards. 8vo.[Friedberg, Mem 4291.] Frankfurt a/Main-Jerusalem, 1885-89. $200-300 ❧ This periodical published halachic and historical articles by Germany’s most esteemed Talmudic scholars including Rabbis Azriel Hildesheimer, Abraham Berliner and David Zvi Hoffman, along with essays from Maskilim including Shada’l, Yechiel Michel Pines and Micha Y. Berdischevsky. Also contains articles of a polemical nature by Chaim Hirschenson, especially following his arrival in Jerusalem and the communal disputes that occurred as a result. Lot 162 Lot 163 Lot 164