Lot 105
Zevach Pesach – Bistrowitz, 1592 – The Only Hebrew Book Printed in Bistrowitz
Zevach Pesach, Passover Haggadah, with a commentary by R. Yitzchak Abarbanel. [Bistrowitz: Klonymus ben Mordechai Jaffe, 1592].
The only Hebrew book printed in Bistrowitz (Bystrzejowice). The printer, R. Klonymus son of Mordechai Jaffe, printed many books in Lublin. In 1592, a harsh epidemic broke out in Lublin and R. Klonymus was compelled to escape. He settled in Bistrowitz, where he printed this book over the course of two months. When the epidemic abated, he returned to Lublin and continued printing books there. See: C.D. Friedberg, Toldot HaDefus HaIvri B'Polania, Tel Aviv, 1950, p. 52.
Incomplete copy. 3-60, [2] leaves. Originally: 60, [4] leaves. Lacking 4 leaves (replaced with photocopies): first two leaves (including title page), leaf [1] of the 4 unpaginated leaves and the last leaf. Leaves 4-9 bound out of sequence. 19 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Tears and worming, repaired (the leaves were professionally restored). Several tears affecting text, replaced with photocopies. Margins trimmed, affecting text on several leaves. New leather binding (with minor damage).
Yaari 25; Otzar HaHaggadot 33.
