Lot 246
Manuscript, "Megillat Eivah" by the Author of the "Tosfot Yom Tov", with Original Translation into Yiddish – 1839
Manuscript, Megillat Eivah – Autobiographic story about the history of the imprisonment of Rabbi Yom Tov Lipman Heller, author of "Tosfot Yom Tov", with a Yiddish translation. [Europe], 1839.
the manuscript begins with: "I have written this in the month of Tamuz in 1839 and have translated it into Yiddish, for the benefit of my children so that they will understand and believe". the text "Megillat Eivah" [first printed in 1837] appears here in square Hebrew letters followed by the original Yiddish translation in cursive Ashkenazi writing.
25, [4], 70 pages. 16.5 cm. Good condition, stains, worming. Contemporary binding, with damages.
