Lot 95
"In Heaven and on Earth" – A Tish'a B'Av Story in Yiddish – Lviv, 1893 – Miniature Booklet
"BaShomayim Uvo'Oretz, Oder Himlishe Gest" [In Heaven and on Earth] / Niebo i Ziemia. Lviv: J. Renzer; Rohatyn Press, 1893. Yiddish. Miniature booklet.
A Tish'a B'Av story in Yiddish, published in as part of the series "2 Kreitzer Bilbliotek" ["The 2-Kreuzer Library"] of the J. Renzer Publishing House in Lviv. On August 3, 1893, the Hebrew-language newspaper HaMelitz reported that "the Zion Company of Lemberg [Lviv] has begun publishing small booklets in the spoken Jewish language [i.e. Yiddish] with the intention of distributing them among the Jewish populace. The price for such a booklet is two Kreuzer, less than two Russian kopeks. The first booklet, ‘BaShomayim Uvo'Oretz, Oder Himlishe Gest' by Jacob Sh. Renzer is written with profound emotion, and stirs up love of Zion and Jerusalem in one's heart, and contributes to the uplifting of the national spirit."
48 pp., 9 cm. Good condition. Minor damage to page numbering (at tops of several leaves) resulting from trimming of edges. Few stains. Creases and several minor tears.
Rare. Not in OCLC.
