Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Zevach Pesach – Bistrowitz, 1592 – The Only Hebrew Book Printed in Bistrowitz
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Zevach Pesach, Passover Haggadah, with commentary by R. Yitzchak Abarbanel. Bistrowitz: Kalonymus son of Mordechai Yaffe, 1592.
The only Hebrew book printed in Bistrowitz (Bystrzejowice, near Lublin). The printer, R. Kalonymus son of Mordechai Yaffe, printed many books in Lublin. In 1592, a harsh plague broke out in Lublin, compelling R. Kalonymus to escape. He settled in Bistrowitz, where he printed this book over the course of two months. When the plague abated, he returned to Lublin and continued printing books there. The plague is alluded to in the chronogram on the title page. See: Ch. D. Friedberg, Toldot HaDefus HaIvri BePolania, Tel Aviv, 1950, p. 52.
Ownership inscription on verso of title page: "I purchased this with my money… Yoel son of R. Seligman Floss", with his stamp: "JSF" [Joel Seligmann Floss].
Damaged copy. 60, [4] leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Many stains, including dark stains. Large, severe dampstains to most leaves. Heavy wear. Tears, including many open tears, to title page and many other leaves, affecting title frame, and text in several places, repaired with paper and dark tape (with handwritten replacements of some text). Worming, affecting text. Some words in several places thickened by hand over printed text (including title of book on title page and colophon on last leaf). New binding.
Yaari 25; Otzar HaHaggadot 33; CB, no. 2684; Zedner, p. 440; Roest, p. 689; Cowley, p. 559.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot